A British solider holds a young Italian girl wearing a fur coat at an Allied Military Government-sponsored party in Italy on 25 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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21. Photograph. A British solider holds a young Italian girl wearing a fur coat at an Allied Military Government-sponsored party. “25 Dec. 1944. 5/MM-44-32354. Fifth Army, Scarperia Area, Italy. L/Cpl Robert Harland, London, England, holding a little Italian girl as she eats her cake, at the Christmas party given for Italian children by the A.M.G.[Allied Military Government]. Photo by Levine. 3131 Signal Service Co.” Near Scarperia, Italy. 25 December 1944

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Date: 
12/25/1944
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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.
Geography: 
Scarperia
Latitude: 
44.000
Longitude: 
11.350
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Holidays--Italy
Soldiers--British--Italy
Girls--Italy
Fur coats--Italy
Parties--Italy