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Why was a retired Coast Guard Admiral speaking at the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Rome during World War II? This was a question I was pleased to address when I was invited to a recent conference held in Anzio-Nettuno, Italy, to share the U.S. Coast Guard’s role as an element of the Allied Naval Forces in the Liberation of Rome campaign. ...

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to HHC, Allied Forces South Battalion in Naples, Italy, visited the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Jan. 24 to honor the fallen on the 80th anniversary of the allied forces landing for World War II’s Battle of Anzio. The ceremony honored service members who fought and died during the battle that lasted until June 4, 1944. Durin...

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Dozens of events are planned in the municipality of Nettuno to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Landing of Anzio-Nettuno by the Allies during World War II. Yesterday thousands of students reached the Nettuno Marina harbor for the inauguration of the Armed Forces Village: this is an exhibition area which will present the public with a vast an...

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Two metal detector enthusiasts in Italy discovered a missing identity tag belonging to a World War II-era American soldier on a beach near Rome. The unexpected discovery was made at Santa Severa, a beach located about an hour north of Rome, by local residents Alessandro Marinelli and Daniel Ciofu. The pair had been walking along the beach and began...

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The American actor Daniel McVicar visited yesterday the Landing Museum in Anzio and then to the American Cemetery in Nettuno. McVicar will play the role of an American officer in the film "Angelita." Filming will kick off in January next year on the coast of Anzio and Nettuno. In the places and on the beaches that were the scene, 77 years ago, of t...

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On January 22, 1944, under the command of Generals Alexander, Clark and Lucas, the Allies gave rise to Operation Shingle: a landing operation, in front of the towns of Anzio and Nettuno, during the Italian campaign in World War II. We remember the terrible moments that led to the liberation of our country from Fascism and Nazism, along with the uns...

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Giulio Glorioso is one of the most famous Italian athletes of the 50s and 60s. He was an Italian baseball player born in Udine in the region Friuli Venezia Giulia in 1931 (he died in Rome in 2015), and became a baseball legend in Italy, where this sport so loved in the United States has never been as successful as football, volleyball and basketbal...

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In the same spot where hundreds of soldiers met their fate during a operation to draw the entrenched Nazi army away from a planned landing in Anzio, visitors and residents gathered and prayed, as a priest blessed the area. A short time later, in a salute to the Texas troops, those in attendance each tossed a single yellow rose into the swirling wat...

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