Anzio town, looking south toward Nettuno.
(US Army Center for Military History)
70 Years Ago—Jan. 24,
1944: German bombers sink
British hospital ship St. David off
Anzio with Hs-293 guided missile; 96 killed, including 2 British nurses. The US
93rd Evacuation Hospital opens in Anzio and is hit by German shells,
injuring a sergeant, the first of many casualties in the Anzio hospitals.
