Soldiers in San Mango Piemonte near Salerno during Operation Avalanche in 1943.
Then image: © IWM NA 7145
Now image: V. Lai (with permission thank you)
Then and Now: www.nowstagia.eu / Cor Sleutel
San Mango Piemonte
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WW2 vs NOW
Hello.
I live in the building behind this photo (an 11th century Norman feud, which has been in my late husband’s family since 1805). I have a large chest of drawers with shrapnel holes in it: my mother-in-law told me the building was hit when they bombed the bridge. I had the chest restored but left the holes…