Today in World War II History—Feb. 9, 1944
Saturday, February 9, 2019 by Sarah Sundin

Ruins of Aprilia, Italy, WWII (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 9, 1944: In counterattack at Anzio, Italy, Germans retake Aprilia (“the Factory”).
Ruins of Aprilia, Italy, WWII (US National Archives)
75 Years Ago—Feb. 9, 1944: In counterattack at Anzio, Italy, Germans retake Aprilia (“the Factory”).
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A Shippensburg, Pa. area soldier Pvt Clyde C McVitty, 504th PIR Co I, 82nd Airborne Div. attached to the 3rd inf Div. was Killed in Action in this engagement