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By enough time Tag Clark's Fifth Army reached the small town of San Pietro north of Naples in the first week of Dec 1943, a hardcore but rapid sweep through Sicily emerged to a muddy halt. In the slopes of a distant pile, the death of an individual platoon captain, Henry Waskow, epitomized the struggle. A Fatality in San Pietro chronicles the silently heroic and precious Captain Waskow and his company as they make their way into battle. Waskow's 36th ("Texas") Division would ultimately flourish in travelling the Germans from the mountains; but not before eighty percent of Waskow's company is lost in action. For Americans back, two of the war's most long lasting artistic expression brought horrified emphasis to the battlefield, already dubbed "Purple Heart Valley" by the men of the 36th. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ernie Pyle's dispatch about Waskow's death and filmmaker John Huston's award-winning documentary of the battle rivets - and shocks - the nation, bringing, as if for the first time, the dreadful carnage of world war into living rooms across America.
