sentences:  Beginning on 9 September 1943, "Biscayne" took part in Operation Avalanche, the Allied landings at Salerno, Italy, as flagship for Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Rear Admiral Conolly.On board the ship during the Anzio invasion was famed journalist Ernie Pyle.According to Lt. Earl V. Avery, Admiral Connolly was nicknamed "too close Connolly" by the crew.