They have held reunions, traveled to Italy to commemorate the battle, and became a part of the U.S.S. Anzio, the guided missile cruiser which was named in honor of those who served on the beachhead.

In three short months, the fishing village of Anzio had become the seventh largest importing harbor in the world. To the Army, this stupendous growth is a sorry sign of a bitter, consuming stalemate.

On this day sixty-five years ago, American forces broke out of the Anzio beachhead and began the long process of pushing the Germans out of Italy. In American military history, the invasion is known ...