Italian residents fleeing San Sebastiano, Italy from Mount Vesuvius eruption 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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228.Photograph. '21 March 44. MM-5-44-2805. Fifth Army, San Sebastiano, Italy. Hastily piling their belongings into all kinds of vehicles residents of San Sebastiano fled the town today before the slowly advancing wall of lava from Mt. Vesuvius. Photo by Rooney. 163rd Signal Photo Co.' San Sebastiano, 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Volcanoes--Italy
Volcanic eruptions--Italy
Carts & wagons--Italian--Italy