Allied tanks advance in Italy

Photograph of Allied soldiers with their Sherman tanks on a road near Cava, Italy, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied tanks advance in Italy. A column of American-built Sherman tanks of the Allied Fifth Army halts briefly before entering Cava, during the early stages of the Allied advance against the retreating Germans on the Italian mainland. Cava is a few miles north of the Salerno beaches where the Fifth Army landed. Serviced by New York to list H. 16441-FO. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."