U.S. engineers remove German-planted mines south of Rome. U.S.

U.S. engineers remove German-planted mines south of Rome. U.S. Army Engineers remove explosive charges hidden by the Germans in the sided of buildings before they were forced to retreat from the port of Anzio, Italy. The charges had been set to blast and block nearby docks in a vain attempt to delay Fifth Army Forces, which established beachheads in the Anzio area, behind the German lines, south of Rome on the Italian west coast.