AND THERE SHALL BE WARS (Pictures 5)

Mr. Wagner's "peep" on the LST. There were two Piper Cub observation planes loaded on this LST, with a makeshift "runway". One plane took off successfully, the other did not.

Mr. Wagner's original diary page, regarding the day of the Salerno Invasion

An overturned tank. Italy, 1943

North of the Volturno River. The road was being built, but not yet finished.  This mudfield had to be navigated under blackout conditions. The headlights were mostly taped over, and only pointed downward, to avoid being observed by the Germans who were in the mountains.

Mr. Wagner after a night of driving through the mud, north of the Volturno River. Italy, 1943

155 mm guns and ammunition, Italy, 1943

Flying Fortresses, Italy, 1943

Convoy at Naples, getting ready to board LST to go to Anzio

LST 355, heading for Anzio.

Three battalion messenger agents (Mr. Wagner on right), after having driven their run during the night.

An ancient wooden-wheeled last-resort German artillery piece, near Florence. 

After the war was over, just hanging around Northern Italy, waiting to leave for the USA

Mr. Wagner visiting an old Army friend in Arizona, in 1968. He pretended to be a migrant worker, looking for a job.

Mr. Wagner's Army friend figures out who he's talking to.