June 6th 1944 D-day

1st of all its June 7th or 8th today so I missed the D-day invasion date of June 6th ,1944 which is now 78 years ago. The date is famous in our history especially June 6th 1944 . But I remember my father telling me about June 5th 1944 the day before the D-day invasion . My father was in General Clarks 5th Army in the Italian Campaign. He was a lieutenant assigned to AMG. That was allied military government . Because he spoke fluent Italian being a Italian and Spanish teacher at Teddy Roosevelt HS in the Bronx he was sent of officers training school . He was a part of Clarks 5th Army that landed in North Africa and then on to Sicily and the Italian invasion . As the Germans were retreating from town to town the AMG would take over Italian villages and create a new government and arrest all fascist leaders. They would get everyone food and medical attention. The book " A bell for Adano" by John Hersey won the Pulitzer prize was about my father even though it was about another officer in the AMG. Hersey followed this AMG officer and made a romantic novel and then a movie.
Anyway lets get to June 5th the day before D-day. On June 5th General Clark enters Rome as the invading allies enter Rome with crowds and 1,000 of people welcoming the allied forces . The Germans had retreated without a fight two nights before. Clark disobeyed orders from Eisenhower to skip Rome and capture the German army retreating. But Clark ego's and pompous attitude wanted to be the 1st conquer since Attila the Hun to capture Rome. My father was in a small village south of Rome when he was notified that they wanted him and his driver in a jeep to be a part of the invasion parade that Clark had organized. Now remember this is the day before D-day. will come back and finish this.. my bad