Italian children gather near Yank kitchens awaiting the remains of soldier's mess kits in Italy in 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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492.Photograph. '6 Dec. 44. 5/MM-44-31073. Three times a day tiny Italian children, shivering from the cold as these two, gather near Yank kitchens with buckets made from No. 10 G.I. cans, awaiting that which remains in the soldiers mess kits. Photo by Edwards. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Italy. 6 December 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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Children--Health & welfare--Italy
Children--Italy
Clothing & dress--Italy
Pails--Italy