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Word: trocchio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...Mount Pagano (3,600 ft.) and Mount Pile (3,700 ft.). They slid into the village of Acquafondata, gained a hold on one of four roads to Cassino. In the central-southern sector, U.S. and Canadian soldiers took Mount Porchia (where 16 stretcher-bearers were killed), Mount Capraro, Mount Trocchio, the strongly held village of Cervaro. From Trocchio, they overlooked Cassino itself. They rushed down Trocchio, massed to crash the outer Cassino fortifications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: On the Chosen Road | 1/24/1944 | See Source »

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