Hello
I am Italian and I live near Monterenzio a little country in the northen Apennines near Bologna (Italy),

I am looking for someone who can help me
in finding old photographs relating to the places in Monterenzio called:
Castelvecchio, Montecuccoli , sant'Anna,
Farneto, Anzisa, Ca' del Vento, Migliarina, Vignale, Parrocchia di Vignale.

There are no old photographs of these
places when stationed t Gothic Line, so I thought to find photos of the World War II.
There are certainly old photos to the
National Archives Washington but I can not ever see
them . I'm looking for someone who can help me going to the National Archives instead me, to look for a few photos.
I paste below some text taken from the site:
http://www.custermen.com/History85.htm to better understand what i'm looking for.

Tanks a lot
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.........<< The 339th Infantry captured Hill 622, just east of Santa Anna;
and held it against counterattacks. The enemy was defending stubbornly,
but the regiment pushed through the fog to capture several important
objectives--Hill 602, and Castelvecchio, which overlooked the area to the
north for many miles. Hill 532, the Vignale ridge, was taken only after
strongly fortified positions were reduced. The 338th infantry was gradually advancing through rough country towards Monte Fano, which it captured on the 20th.
The 337th had been recommitted that day, taking up positions on Monte Cuccoli, and the 339th was moving
along the ridge east of Castelvecchio, in a move coordinated with the advance of the 88th Division on the right towards Monte Grande. On the
22nd further orders were received for the coordinated attack. Other elements of the 337th moved up to Farneto on the ridge east of Cuccoli.
The 339th went on to attack Hill 459 north of the Parrocchia di Vignale,
and the 338th prepared to move forward from Fano towards the strongpoints of Pizzano and Orbega to the northwest. We were now attacking towards the
last dominating range of hills in front of the Po Valley.
The fighting on Hill 459 was fierce. The enemy had just brought into this
sector the fresh troops of the 42nd Light Infantry Division, and these fiercely counterattacked our first forces to reach the hill, overrunning
their positions, and killing or capturing most of the advance elements of two platoons, but the 339th continued to hold Hill 532, north of
Castelvecchio. On the 22nd and 23rd the 337th infantry seized Monte Castellaro, and in doing so occupied positions well in the lead of the Fifth Army push towards Highway 9 and the Po Valley. {42nd Light Infantry Division or 42nd Jaeger Division served as a security force behind the front lines until assigned to the front in November 1944.}
On the 24th they pushed ahead again to attack Monte Mezzano. The first
attack made from the south was met half way up by a strong counter-attacking force which was repulsed, but heavy artillery and mortar concentrations falling on the exposed ridge forced the advance elements to withdraw. The next night the attack was resumed from the draws southwest of the mountain, and this was more successful. By dawn of the 25th there was a heavy fog, and the enemy counterattacked behind an intense barrage.
Two or perhaps three companies overran our outpost positions, but the defenders held out against heavy odds until reinforcements drove the enemy off and brought the situation under control.
Holding positions on Mezzano, the Casetta di Vignale (north of Castelvecchio) and Monte Fano, the Division was within striking distance of the Po Valley. The artillery was already firing on objectives north of Highway 9. But it was now evident that the final push into the Valley and
beyond would require time for the recuperation of losses and the building up of supplies. Accordingly, on October 26th the Division received orders to establish a defensive line in this sector while preparations were completed for a resumption of the offensive.
Somewhat later the Division was ordered to withdraw from Mezzano and certain other forward positions in order to make the line more even with the positions held by adjacent units. The general line of defense extended
west from Castellaro to Casetta di Vignale and on to localities near Pizzano. Other adjustments were made in the weeks that followed, and defensive positions were held until November 22nd when the Division,
relieved from the line, moved to a rest area.
{Sgt. Christos H. Karaberis, Company L, 337th Regiment, earned the Medal
of Honor for his attack on enemy positions towards their objective of Casoni di Remagna on November 1. Sgt. Karaberis captured 5 enemy machinegun positions, killed 8 Germans, took 22 prisoners. He legally
changed his name to Chris Carr. >>




Thanks a lot.