[American troops, surrounded by crowds, entering the city, Monreale, on the outskirts of Palermo, Sicily]

[Crowds greeting American troops upon entering the city, Monreale, on the outskirts of Palermo, Sicily]

[Boat that had been blown out of the water during an Allied bombing raid, Palermo, Sicily]

[People holding bread and walking down the street two days after the liberation of the city, Luigi Pirandello Square, Agrigento, Sicily]

[American troops marching toward strategic hilltop town that the Germans had determined to hold at all costs, near Troina, Sicily]

[Soldiers on recconnaissnace mission near stone steps, near Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier walking through field on recconnaissnace mission, near Troina, Sicily]

Funeral of a cloth manufacturer's mother. Small school children just came out of school when the procession passed.