Coldstream Guards attached to the 6th South African Armored Division head to the rear for rest after several days fighting south of Bologna on 15 December 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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13.Photograph. Members of the Coldstream Guards after battle for Monte Sole. '15 Dec 44. 5/MM-44-32426. Fifth Army, La Quercia Area, Italy. Tired and sleepy members of the Coldstream Guards attached to the 6th S.A. [South African] Armored Division, reach La Quercia on their way back to the rear for a few days rest. These men fought several days taking, losing and retaking a hill just under Monte Sole, South of Bologna on Route 6620. Photo by Baker. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Near Madonna della Quercia, Italy. 15 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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Madonna della Quercia
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42.417
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12.100
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Soldiers--South African--Italy
Fatigue--Italy