German counter-attack at Salerno

13th September 1943: The Allied perimeter holds in desperate fighting - characterised in three separate Medal of Honor actions

Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of a road junction at Castelnuovo, east of Naples, Italy, after its obliteration by Vickers Wellingtons of No. 205 Group on 12 September 1943. This important section of the highway system was one of the main points through which the German Army was directing troops and materiel for counter-attacks against Alli…