Crushing rocks into small pieces for use on roads 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
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522.Photograph. '21 Nov 44. 5/MM-44-30342. Fifth Army Monghidoro Area, Italy. Crushing rocks into small pieces for use on roads. Two men of the 39th Engineers of the Fifth Army feed the machine which crushes the rock and then conveys it to the waiting truck by way of a moving belt. Photo by Mason. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Monghidoro Area, Italy. 21 November 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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Monghidoro
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44.217
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11.317
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military vehicles--American--Italy
Road construction--Italy
Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--Italy