Happy Romans greet American troops with U.S. flag.

Happy Romans greet American troops with U.S. flag. An Italian woman holds up an American Flag while another gives the "V-for-Victory" sign as U.S. soldiers in a half-track armored car roll through the streets of the Italian capital of Rome. The capital was liberated on June 4, 1944, climaxing a 24-day offensive by the Alllied Fifth and British Eighth Armies. One week later, American units of the Fifth Army had chased the fleeing Germans 50 miles north, and were still advancing, while the Eighth Army had pushed 48 miles cast of Rome to capturen Avezzano.