{"id":4358,"date":"2013-07-31T14:23:42","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2013-07-31T14:23:42","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T18:23:42","slug":"lost-in-the-catacombs-june-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halfwaybrook.com\/?p=4358","title":{"rendered":"Lost in the Catacombs, June 1944"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Smiling Italians approve the Allied entry into Rome. Fifth Army. Rome area, Italy. 5 June 1944. National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland (111-SC-190313) courtesy of http:\/\/wwiiarchives.net.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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American vehicles of the Fifth Army pass the ancient Coliseum as they begin to occupy Rome, Italy. June 5, 1944. National Archives and Records Administration (111-SC-190312) courtesy of http:\/\/wwiiarchives.net.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 5, 1944, U.S. troops entered Rome.<\/p>\n

Lost in the Catacombs<\/strong>
\nArt Austin arrived in Rome with the Fifth Army. He and his friends decided to visit the Catacombs. They managed to persuade the guard on duty at the catacombs, to let them explore where the early Christians had hid. <\/p>\n

There was no electricity in the area, so there was no lighting in the Catacombs. But Art\u2019s friend said not to worry as he had been a Boy Scout. <\/p>\n

When they passed the same area more than once, Art decided he\u2019d have to go with a better plan or they\u2019d never get out. Since the men weren\u2019t supposed to have been allowed there, Art figured no one would look for them in that location. Art reached up over his head and found the electric wires that were used to light the place before the war. He hung on to and followed the wires, until finally the group found their way out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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