Mine to - on 9 Feb - around the same age. Is he buried in the Anzio Commentary?

Roger Waters father was killed at the Anzio beach head, he was a gunnery sergeant and pink Floyd write about it on the Final Cut 1984 album. #OurHistory ☘️ 📚

My dad was a machine gunner with the 5th. He passed away from cancer at age 57. I never got to talk with him about the war, I thought I’d ask more when he was older and it was further behind him (a contradiction, I know). We’d planned a trip to Italy, which of course never happened. I have a suitcase of letters and correspondence from him to his sweetheart (who became my mother).

MY FATHER WOULD AGREE. ALTHOUGH HE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING LIKE AN AUSSIE. THAT THEY WERE SHOT & SHELLED, AND THEY WOULD NOT "GO DOWN"...THE AUSSIES HAD TO BE "KILLED" TO MAKE THEM STOP!!! MY FATHER'S WORDS, IN THE RARE TIMES HE SPOKE OF ANZIO.

My father was there he said he never thought he'd make it to the beach.

My Great Grandfather was one of those tough British soldiers. He didn't make it - he died on the 8th Feb 1944 and is buried in the Anzio War Cemetary. He was 31.

@@thevahandbook My grandfather survived anzio with the Irish Guards. Im heading over there in 2 weeks. Can try and get a photo of your gt grandads grave if u like? Maybe you already have it though?

My Pop as on The Beach Head in an Anti Aircraft Pit. He manned a 40mm Bofors Gun. His crew was credited with 2 1/2 aircraft killed.His position was strafed and his 18 year old Loader from Jersey City NJ took a round through his head. Pop said he was dead before he hit the ground. Everyone was wounded except Pop.He didn't get a scratch that time.

Sorry to read this both. My Grandfather was a Captain in the British army and led a night attack after landing in Anzio. His squad was killed after he took out a german machine gun position with a grenade. He was injured and captured and was a POW in Oflag 7B

I am sorry read that for your father. Great respect for your father and his service on the anzio landings.

My uncle Thomas was killed at the Rapido River. They died in vain. My grandmother never recovered, he was her youngest.

My dad was a medic in the American army at Anzio Beech

Thanks Stephen for sharing this story. Great respect for your father and he did for us, the greatest generation. We will always be in remembrance of there sacrifices ~ My grandfather, officer in the 7th Dutch division was at that time at Stalag 4B Muhlberg a/d Elbe in 1944. He was there until may 1945. He did his job in may 1940, but it couldnt stop the germans.

OH MY GAWD!

Behave yourself kid, I suppose you support Man U! 😂

@@DaveSCameron no, because they are owned by the Yank-mee’s

Bet alot of soldiers did. My Dad was a P.O.W.in ww2.But I can recall that it seemed like there were many ww2 vet's that attended church regularly.

ALL OF THEM WERE VERY, VERY BRAVE MEN! ALL OF THEM, IN A DESPERATE SITUATION.

What branch did he fight in and what outfit was he in. ?? My grandfather was an amphibious driver for this battle

@@gordongiobanni7543 Just some regular infantry I think

Im surprised they let him serve, with his disability.

RIP, grandad.

You dad's story sounds like my Dad's. He served with the 1st armoured division in North Africa, wounded, then sent to Anzio. I wonder if they knew each other. Small world.

Eric Fletcher Waters 1943. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters father was blown away on an Anzio beach also 🇬🇧🎸🎸🍀🌊

Yeah the truth is that silly maybe but you were fooled by the Germans. Italy like many other places were just to many mistakes made by the Allies.🇩🇪💪

Come si chiamava lo zio?

RIGHT ON!

General Clark's son was a FAC pilot in Vietnam. One of my uncles was at a firebase that got attacked and they got assistance from Air Force bombers directed by the younger Mark Clark. I think he was a Captain at the time.

No sympathy for Gen. Clark. First of all, he was too slow & hesitant to expand the beachhead before Kesselring's forces arrived in large numbers. But, worst of all, Clark ignored clear orders to feather his own cap. His orders were to break out from the Anzio beachhead and drive East, rhen block the huge number of German units & armour which were now retreating along a very limited number of roads from the Gothic Line (which was finally breached by Polish & Indian troops in the centre, and by Canadian & British troops near the eastern coast of Italy). If Clark had followed orders, the Germans would have been sandwiched between Clark's large & well-equipped American & British forces, and the American, Polish, British Commonwealth forces now pouring through the disintegrating Gothic Line. Given the Allies air power, effective artillery, and sufficient armour, it was very likely that the German army in Italy would have been bottled-up & obliterated in the same way that the German 7th Army was the following year in the Falaise Pocket in Normandy. After that, it would have been next to impossible for the Germans to stop the Allies from retaking all of Italy & perhaps the Balkans. But none of that happened because Clark, who was as hungry for glory as Patton, decided to send his forces up the highway to Rome, and also ensured that the American forces under his command entered Rome before the British forces under his command. His selfishness & political narcissism caused the Allies the opportunity of a massive victory that would have also saved thousands & thousands of American, Polish, British & British Commonwealth lives. Furthermore, it cost the Allies an opportunity to be in a far better bargaining position when Churchill & Rooosevelt met with Stalin to discuss how Europe would be divided up by the victors once Germany unconditionally surrendered. Some have suggested that, at minimum, Yugoslavia & Czechoslovakia would not have ended up under communist rule. When it comes to Clark's transgression & his responsibility, the proof is in the pudding. If I recall correctly, Clark was relieved of his command in Italy by Roosevelt, temporarily demoted, and was not assigned any high profile command position during the remainder of the war... As far as American newsreels & subsequent documentaries go, most have ignored Clark's massive blunder & repeatedly used the footage of American troops entering Rome for propaganda purposes.

@@derekbaker3279 I won't dispute much of what you said. I do know a bit about the war in Italy and certainly Clark was an egotist and a glory hunter. My changing opinion of the man comes partly from the fact that almost every move the Allies made in Italy up to that point had been thwarted, virtually none of their initial plans succeeded. So the plan to attack towards Highway 6 and cut off the enemy retreat may well have completely failed, with the Axis forces smashing the 'roadblock' and getting to Rome. But, at the time of the breakout, Clark knew FOR CERTAIN he could reach Rome before the retreating enemy, so he went for it. And succeeded. He wasn't to know the Germans had no intention of fortifying the capital. Also, it should be remembered that up to that point, there were still lingering doubts about the fighting capability of the US Army (going all the way back to Kasserine), including among members of the american press. Here was Clarks chance to show the world his men were capable of capturing a real prize. Of course this resulted in the German Army living to fight another day. But on a personal, as i said at the top, he developed a droop in his mouth from the stress of it all; that to me shows he wasn't as heartless and singleminded as we might think. But i could be wrong.

As if that is not bad enough go study the "Disaster at Rapido". The 36th Division Vets tried to get Clark after the war for that slaughter.

@@yellowjackboots2624 Thanks for sharing your thoughts Yellow Jackboots. You made some good points. 🖒🖒

Grew up watching these. Late at night, out of Columbus and Keesler Air Force bases. My Father was Air Force.

Sure it's not the Forst Special Service Force? The attack on that town is FSSF troops

@@GSGTBaker I think they are known also as "The devil's brigade" I think FSSF is the official appellation. But I will stand corrected if wrong on the other points.

I don't speak English so I use a translator, what a story, really brutal so to speak, I don't know if brutal means the same thing in English as it does in my language, this shows once again that suffering of war goes both ways and war is cruel as expected

@@Lepusbuns i hope we learn from it one day but sadly history repeats again with war in ukraine. Blood spilled on both sides for no reason.

Evan the Africans with spears nearly beat those Italians which were lost troops in the world , a complete disgrace.

outofturn If you like listening to music from Luciferians; those celebrities are all child rapists, and they do far worse things to children than that. All of the celebrities and politicians have sold their lives to Satan for wealth, fame and power. I love them, but I hate what they do.

Yes Roger Water's dad died in Anzio. He was only 5 month's old so when he wrote "When the tigers broke free" it was a true story for him. Heartbreaking

Clark was a pompous ass. He even stated that he would attack the Canadians, who actually opened the way to Rome, if they entered Rome before him. He was severely chastised for that, and rightly so.

@@tysmaar148 mark clark was an asshole ! and im american !

Not only a supreme egotist, but a very poor leader..took ages to capitalise on the successful unopposed landing and allowed the Germans loads of time to counter attack..couldn’t believe their luck. Don’t forget that the AMG appointed Genovese to a key position in the administration, who had been in Italy having left the US to avoid a murder rap...He virtually ran the post invasion government, appointing mafia and Camorra men to all the mayorships and supervising hugely corrupt black market operations under that auspices of the AMG.

HQ underground / Hospital in a tent - says a lot.

Clark f*cked-up a lot worse than just that. He ignored orders that may have given the Allies a massive & decisive victory in Italy. See my comment in response to Yellow Jackboots, a bit above this thread.

Да, досталось вам тоже как и нашим дедам !

Not really. Further up the coast would have made the landing further from supply lines & closer to the German divisions occupying the southern part of France. Also, the waters just off-shore & characteristics of the beach in a landing zone have to be able to accomodate ships, landing craft, large amounts of supplies, heavy armour, and large amounts of men. Furthermore, the area just beyond the beach has to be conducive to large forces rapidly & safely moving into the surrounding countryside (sufficient roads & open fields,etc.)