American soldiers clean up a hospital shelled by the Germans. Anzio Area, Italy. April 10, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-189163)

Soldiers of the Fifth Army advance on a farmhouse near Anzio, Italy.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-189580-S)

The dead body of an American soldier face down in the dirt at Santa Maria Infante, near Anzio, Italy. May 15, 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-50Z-4)

Serving on the front lines at Anzio beach, Babe Ciarlo never revealed his experiences in his letters home.

American soldiers arrive at Anzio, Italy.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-192681)

An aerial view of an American camp near the Anzio beachhead, Italy. May 25, 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-50V-7)

American soldiers dig in along the bank of the Mussolini Canal near Anzio, Italy. February 15, 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-50V-12)

In a farmhouse near Anzio, Italy, infantrymen of the 5th Army take aim at enemy positions. April 14, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-189582)

A forward observer from the Fifth Army at an observation post near Anzio, Italy. April 9, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-407143)

Soldiers of American 5th Army examine a winding trench that leads to a German gun emplacement. Anzio, Italy, May 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-50V-10)

German prisoners are evacuated from the beachhead at Anzio, Italy. March 17, 1944

Source: National Archives (111-SC-192180)

American forces arrive south of Anzio, Italy. January 22, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-186423)

American soldiers file ashore at Anzio, Italy, January 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-51E-7)

Wounded American soldiers aboard an LCT are ferried to a hospital ship off Anzio, Italy. January 31, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-278921)

Samples of letters home written by Babe Ciarlo

Source: The Ciarlo Family

Page 3 of a letter from Babe Ciarlo to his family, May 19, 1944.

Source: The Ciarlo Family

Soldiers build a makeshift grave for a comrade killed during the fighting in Italy. March 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-188118)

Injured soldiers at a makeshift hospital near the beachhead at Anzio, Italy. February 22, 1944.

Source: National Archives (208-AA-51G-2)

Ernest Taylor Pyle, best known as "Ernie," covered the Second World War for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain. Pyle was born to farmers in Dana, Indiana on August 3, 1900. He joined the US Navy in 1918 hoping to see action in World War One, but the . . .

Ernie Pyle at Anzio, Italy. March 18, 1944

Source: National Archives (111-SC-191703)