Jubiliant Romans throng the streets to greet Mark W. Clark, the conquering general, on June 5, 1944, as his driver wanders through the city in search of the Capitoline. In the rear seat behind Clark are the Fifth Army chief of staff, Major General Alfred M. Gruenther (left), and Keyes, the II Corps commander.


Conquering hero

American infantrymen shelter behind the turret of a Sherman tank on June 5, 1944, as they enter Rome proper. Note the sniper’s bullet hole beneath the “o” on the sign. Rome was declared "open city", but the Germans left some snipers behind...


Dodging bullets

From a window sill above a Roman street, Mark Clark watches his troops sweep across the capital in early June. “You ask the question, ‘What after Italy?’” he wrote his wife. “Perhaps you can tell me.”
