34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls" take San Vittore, Lazio, Italy; January 1944

This footage features soldiers of the 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division before and after their attack on San Vittore, Lazio, Italy.
From the 34th Infantry Division history: "The assault was initiated by the 3rd Battalion at 2330 hours on the 4th of January. This time without artillery preparation, two platoons of Company 'K' under command of the redoubtable combat leader Captain Emil Skalicky, jumped off in the direction of San Vittore. Progress of both platoons was slowed down by machineguns and snipers, but by evening of the 5th, troops were fighting in the very streets of the village. Through all of the 6th of January, bitter grenade, close rifle and machinegun fighting continued from house to house and street to street; the enemy finally retiring from the scene, leaving behind, as prisoners of war, some 175 men of the tough 44th Grenadier Division. San Vittore was a ghost town, the silence interrupted only by our moving troops and the rat-tat-tat of machineguns in the hills beyond."
Footage Source: NARA, 111-ADC-10411. Shot in the first week of January 1944.
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[@jackpinesavage9806]

Wow, that's amazing footage to me. My dad had just been taken out of the 34th, 135th, K company by shrapnel to the knee at Monte Cassino. He was a medic. One of the first into north Africa on the HMS Malcolm and Broke. He mentioned with great regard Skaliky.

[@redaug4212]

Starting at 4:11 is interesting. Looks like they're having the POWs move to the rear, perhaps queueing them so don't they bunch up and get hit by German or American fire on the way back? The one GI definitely looks like he's telling them to hurry.