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New York Bureau
The Aftermath
CASSINO, ITALY—Allied bulldozers clear the road between the mountains of rubble that was once Cassino, as Army engineers work to repair the highway leading to Rome. The hotel des Roses, which housed German gun emplacements during the Allied siege, lies on the right, a mass of shattered wreckage. Hangman’s Hill, with the Benedictine Monastery atop it, lies in the background. All of the city, with the exception of the Monastery, has been declared “dead” by the Allies and no efforts are being made to rehabilitate it.
Credit: ACME.