Italian workmen preparing rigging for dredging earth as a result of Allied bombings in Italy in 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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"7 Dec. 44. 5/MM-44-31173. Fifth Army, Italy. Against a background of crumbled steel bridge spanning Darsena Vecchia Canal, Italian workmen are preparing rigging for dredging the tons of earth which moved into the canal as a result of Allied bombings. At various spots bomb craters are like miniature bays, fed by the water of the canal. Photo by Yaskell. 3131 Signal Services Co." Italy. 7 December 1944.

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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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Dredging--Italy
Laborers--Italy
War damage--Italy
Bridges--Italy