Troops coming ashore in Italy, below Salerno.

Troops coming ashore

Men of an Engineer Battalion "neutralize" a strong Japanese position in hilltop tunnels by constructing on oil pipeline to the top of the hill, pumping oil into the tunnels and then igniting them by 60 mm white phosphorous mortar shells.

Pumping oil into the tunnels

William J. Johnston, Pfc, Company G, 180th Infantry, 45th Infantry Division, seriously wounded over the heart, and a passing soldier saw him trying to crawl up the embankment.