Pvt. Frank K. Fendley in Italy
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Identifier
https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/665/
Title
Pvt. Frank K. Fendley in Italy
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Text
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application/pdf
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Source
The Tiger Vol. XXXIX No. 7, Special Collections and Archives, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.
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Date
1944-02-24
Description
This captioned photograph printed in The Tiger shows Pvt. Frank K. Fendley, a former freshman at Clemson, slogging through the mud behind a supply mule, along with his mortar battalion in the Venafro sector in Italy. From autumn 1943 to the spring of 1944, Venafro was the scene of bitter fighting between the Germans, entrenched in the mountains to the north, and the Allies, along the Gustav Line, during the Battle of Monte Cassino. Fendley would later be promoted to Staff Sergeant and awarded the Purple Heart in Sept. 1943 after being wounded in the battle for Rome. He was killed on September 18, 1944.
Subject
Creator
Clemson University
Publisher
Clemson University