09-28-2007, 01:17 PM
M1, I never knew that it was the 540th captured "Annie"!
to them! They surely must've been proud &
rightly so. Gee I wish I'd known that it was in Maryland when I went
to visit my cousin at Annapolis - I'd have made a trip over to see
"her".
I have another photo somewhere of Dad standing on top of "Anzio Annie" -
sort of like: "The US Army finally got you - you &$#@!"
If I remember correctly, the barrel had already been partially covered in
GI graffiti "Kilroy was here" and probably alot of appropriate obscenities. 
M2