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Anzio Beachhead Museum (Museo dello Sbarco)

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Details:

In the main building of Villa Adele, on the right as you enter the facility.

Museum

Anzio Landing Museum/Anzio Beachhead Research and Documentation Center. A museum dedicated to remembering and research into Operation Shingle and the Anzio Beachhead operations of 1944.

A wonderfully developed and maintained small museum, staffed by extremely knowledgeable docents. The museum presents Operation Shingle/Anzio Landings and the Anzio beachhead operation from the American, British, Italian and German perspectives. The collection includes uniforms equipment, maps and heroic anecdotes.

A portion of the museum is dedicated to the Nurses of Anzio to include Second Lieutenant Ellen Ainsworth who was awarded the Silver Star (Posthumously) for her heroism during the battle. The nearby Sicily-Rome American Memorial Cemetery in Nettuno is the final resting place for many women to include Ainsworth. This is the list of women buried there:

NAME

RANK

BURIED

STATE

DOD

UNIT

AINSWORTH, Ellen G.

2 LT

C-11-22

WI

16-Feb-44

56th Evac Hospital







BENNEK, Violet E.

2 LT

E-6-24

CA

8-Jan-44

59th Evac Hospital







CAROTI, Julia

CIV

C-11-38

UNK

1-May-46

None







CRUZ, Rosaria

CIV

H-3-59

UNK

5-Jun-46

None







DRISKELL, Kitty S.

2 LT

I-13-41

LA

19-Sep-44

60th Station Hospital







FISHER, Anna M.

1 LT

B-9-21

WV

20-Apr-45

Women's Army Corps







HOWREN, Elizabeth J.

2 LT

D-13-25

IN

24-Feb-44

807th Med Air Evac Squadron







HEMPHILL, Anne G.

1 LT

B-11-21

CA

20-Apr-45

Women's Army Corps







KING, Teresa M.

CIV

F-6-54

PA

17-Jun-46

None







MORROW, Marjorie G.

2 LT

I-13-7

IA

7-Feb-44

95th Evac Hospital







MAYER, Virginia Ruth

CIV

A-12-6

CA

10-Nov-43

American Red Cross







SPELHAUG, Glenda S.

1 LT

I-12-8

CA

10-Feb-44

33rd Field Hospital







STROHECKER, Josephine

T/SGT

C-4-27

PA

15-Jun-45

Women's Army Corps







TILEY, Ophelia A.

CIV

H-6-61

CT

25-Mar-44

American Red Cross







VANCE, Sara B.

2 LT

F-11-34

WV

22-Oct-44

33rd General Hospital







YATES, Millicent M.

SGT

B-4-21

IL

20-Apr-45

Women's Army Corps

 

Monument Text:

Commemorates:

People:

Ellen G. Ainsworth

Violet E. Bennek

Kitty Steele Driskell Barber

Anna M. Fisher

Elizabeth Jane “Betty”  Howren

Virginia Ruth Mayer

Marjorie Gertrude “Gert”  Morrow

Millicent M.  Yates

Units:

15th Air Force

1st Armored Division

34th Infantry Division

36th Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division

45th Infantry Division

56th Evacuation Hospital

59th Evacuation Hospital

5th Army

60th Station Hospital

6615 Ranger Force

807th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron

95th Evacuation Hospital

99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group

American Red Cross

Darby's Rangers

First Special Service Force (FSSF)

Rangers

Red Cross

Tuskegee Airmen

United States Navy

US Army Medical Corps

US Army Nurse Corps

Woman's Army Corps (WAC)

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Italian Campaign

Operation Shingle

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