The main gate to the American Cemetery at Nettuno. Here lie those killed in action in the early part of the Italian campaign from Sicily to Rome. Only two types of markers were authorized after World War II, the Latin Cross and the Star of David. Simple inscriptions bear the name, unit and date of death and occasionally the inscription of an unidentified soldier, "Known but to God."
	Together with their friends, in eternal youth and eternal peace.
	The walls of the main chapel contain thousands of inscriptions for those who's bodies were never found, the "Missing In Action." I was privileged on behalf of his family, to photograph the inscription of Lt. Jules E. Sachs, a B-24 pilot who was on his last training mission before becoming an aircraft commander. His flight never returned from an aborted bombing raid, no trace of the aircraft or its crew was ever found.
	On the way to Rome, I was able to snap this photo of the ridge line just west of the "Factory" area at Aprilia. Huge pitched battles were fought in this area until both armies were physically exhausted.
	Our tour of Rome would not include the normal tourist sites. We concentrated on those sites pertaining to World War II. Our first stop was the Villa Torlonia which served as Mussolini's private residence and later, as the Allied Supreme Command Headquarters.
	After lunch by the Collosseum, the last two venues of our tour were dedicated to the suffering of the Italian people. At this spot on Via Rasella, on 23 March 1944, 16 Italian Partisans carried out a daring attack on a German formation. 25 pounds of explosive was secreted in front of this building and detonated when the parade marched by. The blast eventually killed 33 German soldiers. The Partisan force melted into crowd and escaped.