APRIL 2015
THE
PIONEER
“ Exposed to the full intensity of rifle, machine-gun
and tank fire and to the ceaseless artillery bombardment from the mountains which rose sharply from the narrow coastal strip they offloaded landing craft as they reached the shore, laid beach tracks, portered supplies of ammunition, food and water to the infantry grimly fighting their way inland, acted as stretcher-bearers, and took over part of the line in an infantry role when pressure became severe, toiling through the heat of the Italian summer day and long into the night.
”
IN COLOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME TWO UNIQUE PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLOUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, FEATURING THE BEACH LANDINGS IN ITALY AND THE ANNIVERSARY LIBERATION PARADE IN BELGIUM.
Major E H Rhodes-Wood THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ROYAL PIONEER CORPS ASSOCIATION
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