American officer dressed as Santa Claus hands out gifts to Italian orphans at Red Cross Christmas party in Italy in 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corp photograph, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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457.Photograph. on Christmas eve '24 Dec. 1944. 5/MM-44-32469. Fifth Army, Monticatini, Italy. Santa (Major Samuel Cardone, Ann Arbor, Mich. [Michigan], Exec. Officer, Monticatini Rest Center) arrives and starts to pass out a package to each child during the Red Cross Christmas Party held for about 200 Italian orphans. Photo by Graning. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Montecatini, Italy. 24 December 1944
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$120.00
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Signal Corps photographs from the service of William F. Caddell, Sr. taken from the Fall of Rome through the end of the war.
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Montecatini
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43.383
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10.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Orphans--Italy
Christmas decorations--Italy
Christmas trees--Italy
Children--Italy
Children--Health & welfare--Italy
Christmas presents--Italy