An American soldier reads 'Yank' and warms his feet by a fire in Italy in November 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
Description: 

449.Photograph. '28 Nov. 44. 5/MM-44-30700. Fifth Army, Castelucio Area, Italy. Corp Ragnvald B. Ryan, Alamo, N.D. [North Dakota] warms his cold feet by a fire. He is looking at a few of 'Yanks' pin up girls. He is a member of a close support 105mm artillery unit on the Fifth Army front. Photo by Edwards. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Castelucio Area, Italy. 28 November 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
William Caddell
Accession Number: 
2007.048.449
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)
Unit: 
Fifth Army
3131st Signal Service Company
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Fire--Italy
Reading--Italy
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Collection Level: 
Signal Corps photographs from the service of William F. Caddell, Sr. taken from the Fall of Rome through the end of the war.
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Fire--Italy
Reading--Italy
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy