Military Aviation Art
The mission o Task Force Ranger was to use their special
training for a night infiltration behind German lines and set up two major
blocking positions following the Anzio Landing in Operation Shingle.
This would relieve the pressure on the beachhead and possibly start the
30-mile drive to Rome. Somewhere along the last mile the Germans
detected the Ranger infiltration. The Rangers fought bravely through
the night and into the day, but without heavy weapons, the battle was lost
as soon as they were caught in the open. In just under eight hours,
the battle was over. Only six men returned to report to Colonel
Darby; only six out of the 767 that began the mission. |
