31398 - Confederate Flagbearer, 1st Texas, 3rd Issue Wool Bunting Flag, Texas Brigade K&C The Romans Unfortunately (for the Italians) it

Unfortunately (for the Italians) it proved to be more a monument to Mussolini’s folly in getting embroiled in WW2

Although the snow is deep they have the advantage of surprise

In a few minutes a mighty German artillery barrage will open up and then these men and their comrades will fall upon the shaken and surprised ‘Amerikaners’

The situation was dire

Bill’s cartoons were wildly popular with the troops themselves but not so popular with some of the “top brass”

31398 - Confederate Flagbearer, 1st Texas, 3rd Issue Wool Bunting Flag, Texas Brigade K&C The Romans Unfortunately (for the Italians) itIt is known that a Richmond Depot third bunting issue ANV battle flag was issued to 1st the Texas after they lost the two flags at Antietam, however, its not known what had happened to it. There is an interesting account from Color Sergeant George A. Branard of the 1st Texas Infantry printed in the Galveston Daily News on 2 May 1899. During the attack on Little Round Top on 2 July 1863 he states My flag was shot from the staff, it being broken in