Italy 1943–1945
US 36th Division monument, Paestum beach
Memorial
The story
The 36th 'Texas' Division came ashore here at 03:30 on 9 September 1943, straight into fire from the 16th Panzer Division. Sergeant James Logan won the Medal of Honor near here that morning, knocking out German machine-gun posts. The memorial by the shore is the best place to understand the American landings at Salerno.
What to look for
Read the monument, walk the sand towards the Torre di Paestum, and look inland across the flat plain to the temples and Monte Soprano.
Plan your visit
Free, open access · beach parking along Via Poseidonia (paid in summer)
Nearby sites
- Temples and museum of Paestum · 1 km
- Sele–Calore corridor, near Ponte Barizzo · 13 km
- Altavilla Silentina and Hill 424 · 18 km
- Salerno War Cemetery, Bivio Pratole (Montecorvino Pugliano) · 24 km
- Museo dello Sbarco e Salerno Capitale, Salerno · 30 km
- Galleria Borbonica air-raid shelter, Naples · 78 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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