| Black & White 8x10 picture which has been dedicated to The senior citizens of Kew Garden Hills, with the best wishes of Mark W Clark. In 1943, Clark commanded the Fifth Army in the Italian Campaign, the first to be activated in the European Theatre, leading the force in the capture of Naples October 1, 1943, and Rome on June 4, 1944. As commander of the 15th Army Group, comprised of American and British forces, he accepted the surrender of German forces in Italy and Austria in May 1945.
At the end of World War II, Clark stood with Eisenhower, Generals George S. Patton, and Omar N. Bradley as a leading American commander in the European Theatre.
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