[American troops advance into Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier in bunker, near Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier under bunker, near Troina, Sicily]

[Soldiers sitting amid rubble, Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier on recconnaissnace mission on hillside, near Troina, Sicily]

[Man carrying girl with bandaged leg, Troina, Sicily]

[Soldiers sitting on ruined stone observation deck, Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier drinking water offered by uniformed man, Troina, Sicily]

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

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

[American soldiers watching artillery blasts on hillside, near Troina, Sicily]

[Man greeting first American troops to enter the town, Troina, Sicily]

[Soldiers on recconnaissnace mission under stone arches, near Troina, Sicily]

[Soldier on recconnaissnace mission looking through window, near Troina, Sicily]

[Sicilian peasant telling an American officer which way the Germans had gone, near Troina, Sicily]

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