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...Rome journalist named Enrico Altavilla provided this description: "Our objective was the great new bridge of nine spans over the ((Vistula)) river. We flew over it at 600 meters. It was crowded with autos, armored cars, trucks and private vehicles. In their panic they had created a jam, and none could go forward or backward. The first bombs missed their objective by a hair's breadth. We turned and could see the bridge already full of smoke. One of the other bombers was more accurate than ours. My pilot bit his lip. The bridge was still standing, but this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blitzkrieg September 1, 1939: a new kind of warfare engulfs Poland | 8/28/1989 | See Source »

Technical Sergeant Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, Pittsburgh's rugged redhead who won the Congressional Medal of Honor near Altavilla (TIME, March 20), began a 90-day tour of U.S. Army camps, after making a confession: "Being a hero is the bunk. I wish I was going across...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 5, 1944 | 6/5/1944 | See Source »

...Busy Days. On Sept. 13, near Altavilla, on the Salerno front, Kelly volunteered for a patrol assigned to wipe out enemy machine-gun positions. Said Kelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: MEN AT WAR: Kelly Earns a Medal | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

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