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My Interpritation of "Weenie One" using the Dragon M4A1 kit. Modifications include tow cable guides, Front towing lugs, drilled rear lugs, replaced molding around bow machine gun, horn electrical cable, light guards from foil, drilled headlights painted silver filled with acrylic, modified commanders sight, removed hole on left top of turret, pistol port lowered, Various iron bar stowage "cradels" added using the photo in Squadron Sherman in Action photo as a reference. 2 pressed wheels on the right side (I know the photo shows 4 but I only had 2 to spare and figured it is possible that they were swapped out at different times, pressed idler on left side, .50 cal from verlinden with Eduard PE handles. From the 1ST Armored Divisions website:
"The fall of Sicily in the summer of 1943 cleared the way for an Allied Invasion of the Italian mainland. As part of General Mark Clark's Fifth Army, the 1st Armored Division crushed enemy resistance in an assault landing at Salerno on September 9, and led the drive to Naples. The city fell on October 1, and the Allies pressed onto the Volturno River."
In November, the 1st Armored Division attacked the infamous Winter Line. Although breaching the line, the Allied advance came to a halt in the mountainous country near Cassino. To break the stalemate, the Allies made an amphibious assault well behind enemy lines at Anzio on January 23, 1944. Beating back repeated German counterattacks, the 1st Armored Division led the Allied breakout from the beachead on May 23, and spearheaded the drive to Rome, liberating the city on June 4.
The 1st Armored Division continued its pursuit of the enemy to the North Apennies where the Germans made their last stand. Rugged mountains and winter weather now stood between the Allies and the open land of the Po Valley. The 1st Armored Division broke into the valley in April 1945 and on May 2, 1945, German forces in Italy surrendered
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