Chronology of World War II
Monday, December 11
Lt-Gen Truscott on a Muddy Road in Italy
US Army jeep carrying Lt-Gen Truscott driving on muddy mountain road, December 11, 44. 5/MM-44-31469. Fifth Army, Vergato, Mount Sole Area, Italy. The three star peep [sic] of the new Fifth Army Commanding General, Lt-Gen Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., rounds a muddy stretch of peep trail well forward on the Fifth Army front. This was Gen. Truscott' first visit to the IV Corps sector. (Photographer: Edwards. 3131 Signal Service Co)