[kms61]

I didn’t know American forces were involved on the Italian front.

[Levante]

“I didn’t know American forces were involved on the Italian front.”

Yes, and on Russian soil, too, killing communists!

[PAR35]

The first US ace (Simon) and a Congressional Medal of Honor winner (Hammann) both flew on the Italian front.

The US Army ground forces were represented by the 332nd Infantry Regiment of the 83rd Div. (Also the 331st Field Hospital).

Here’s a book:

In Italy with the 332nd Infantry
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=C8CcceokGjYC&dq=332nd+infantry+italy&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=s44wKg-XX6&sig=Q5bjCoHviwhYrpY977VyXGwd67k&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP1,M1