 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokudzidziswa muUnited States yose 85th Division yakaenda kuNorth Africa mukupera kwa1943 uye yakadzidziswa ikoko kusvikira muna March 1944. 85th, pamwe chete ne88th Infantry Division, yakanga iri imwe yezvikamu zvekutanga-zvose zvakagadzirirwa kuti zvibve muUnited States nokuda kwebasa rekunze. Chikamu chakatumirwa kuItaly Theater mukupera kwaKurume 1944, uye ichiuya pasi pekutungamira kweII Corps, yakatungamirwa naMajor General Geoffrey Keyes, chikamu cheU.S. Fifth Army yaLieutenant General Mark W. Clark. Chikamu chechi85 chakarwa zvine mbiri muhondo yeMonte Cassino, uye gare gare paGothic Line, uye pakupedzisira muOperation Grapeshot, iro rakagumisa hondo muItaly. Mukati mokurwisa kwacho Major General Coulter akawana mukurumbira somunhu ane unyanzvi mukukwira makomo kwechiuto uye muhondo yeAlpine. 