Fortifications of the Gothic Line in the Apennines used against the Fifth Army on 12 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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419.Photograph. View of Italian highway through barbed wire in foreground. '12 Nov. 1944. 5/MM-44-30333. Fifth Army, II Corps Area, Italy. Fortifications of the Gothic Line in the Apennines used against Fifth Army near position No. 1, tangled barbed wire and rugged terrain along highway 65-24 northeast demonstrate man-made and natural obstacles of Gothic line in the Apennines.' Photo by Tacey. 3131 Signal Service Co. 12 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Barbed wire--Italy
Mountains--Italy