Italian house in San Sebastiano, Italy being destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius lava on 21 March 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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225.Photograph. '21 March 44. MM-5-44-2808-17. Fifth Army, San Sebastiano Area, Italy. (4 picture series - #3) Crumbling to ruins before a relentless wall of molten lava from Mt. Vesuvius this Italian house in San Sebastiano is symbolic of the whole town, doomed by the volcano's greatest eruption since 1872. Photo by Rooney. 163rd Signal Photo Co.' San Sebastiano Area, Italy. 21 March 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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San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
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40.833
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14.367
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Volcanic eruptions--Italy
Dwellings--Italy