Mount Belvedere: monument to the 10^th Mountain Division
10^th's soldiers while transferring from Naples to Livorno
Winter 1944 - rain and mud stop the allies
A foxholes in first line
Monte Belvedere: a wicker basket to transport the manure is used for first aid
Soldiers marching at Campo Tizzorno
Soldiers with specific clothing and equipment
Aid men on the road between Iola and Castel d'Aiano

THE 10THTHE ARRIVAL IN ITALY AND THE ENTRY INTO THE FRONT LINE

The arrival in Italy and the entry in the front line

The troops were transported through Italy to the Gothic Line, first by train from Naples to the city of Livorno and then by truck to a staging area near the city of Pisa. From its staging area near Livorno, the 86^th Regiment entered the front line just north of the town of Bagni di Lucca and over January 8 -9, 1945 relieving Task Force 45 in the Monte Belvedere area. They were protected on the right flank by the 1^st Brazilian Infantry Division (BEF).

On January 15, 1945 the 85^th and 87^th regiments bivouac west of Pisa and entered the front line on January 20 in the Monte Belvedere area.

Montese, Bronze Medal of Civil Merit, in the final phase of World War II was the northwest edge of the Gothic Line, the last German

defense against the advance of the allies in Italy. The Germans arrived in Montese at the end of the summer of 1944 from the front of Tuscany, where the

first defenses of the Gothic Line on the Giogo and Futa Pass had been broken by the attacks of the Fifth Army.