Map, War Office, Salerno (Italy), 1943, Operation Avalanche, 82nd AB Div., Capt. Louis Hauptfleish, 2/504.

Genuine WWII US Map Sheet of Salerno, Italy. Scale 1:50,000, 2nd edition (coloured), from August 1943. 

Type used by the 82nd Airborne Division during Operation Avalanche in September 1943. Map belonging to Capt. Louis Hauptfleish, 2/504.

On September 13, 1943, the 504th PIR parachuted into Salerno during Operation Avalanche. Through the night they secured the right flank, holding the line against fierce counterattack. Their stand kept the beachhead and opened the road north.