American soldier with crying Italian girl in Italy in April 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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243.Photograph. "14 April 44. MM-5-44-3654. Fifth Army, Mondragone Area, Italy. Many a G. I. has often wondered how some of the Italian kids he has played with in his spare moments would look after an unsparing application of soap and water. T/5 Roy J. Virden Jr. radio operator in an armored car, of St. Mary's, West Virginia, satisfies his curiosity with 4 year old Cleo, a friendly little gal who wandered into his encampment on a beach patrol in the Mondragone Sector. Although unmarried T/5 Virden knew how it had to be done, since he has a kid sister home. Photo by Harris. 163rd Signal Photo Co." Mondragone Area, Italy. 14 April 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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Mondragone
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41.117
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13.883
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Children--Health & welfare--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy