History as a game
Above: Approximate location of the 179th Regimental Combat Team at Anzio, January, 1944, from the 1995 game Allied General, a well conceived, average commercial product.
From abstract to real
Below: My father's machine gun crew. In February 1944, half of the regiment, or about 1100 men, were killed, wounded, or captured within the space of a few days’ battle.
