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Summary:November 1, 1943: Allied armies had been in Italy for nearly two months and had made rapid advances. But now the rain came, and life for the infantryman and engineer became a matter of survival in the mud. Supplies slowed down, vehicles floundered and boots filled with water. But the war went on, against the enemy and the weather.
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Location:ITALY
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