Learn why Alton Knappenberger was dubbed a “one-man army” after the WWII Battle of Anzio.
PFC Alton W. Knappenberger (USA) was a member of one of the largest amphibious landings in military history, when, in the fall of 1943, over 60,000 Allied troops stormed the port city of Anzio to liberate Italy from the Fascists.
AIR DATE 5/1/16
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