Italian workmen preparing rigging for dredging earth as a result of Allied bombings in Italy in December 1944
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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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"7 Dec. 44. 5/MM-44-31173. Fifth Army, Italy. Against a background of crumbled steel bridge spanning Darsena Vecchia Canal, Italian workmen are preparing rigging for dredging the tons of earth which moved into the canal as a result of Allied bombings. At various spots bomb craters are like miniature bays, fed by the water of the canal. Photo by Yaskell. 3131 Signal Services Co." Italy. 7 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Dredging--Italy
Laborers--Italy
War damage--Italy
Bridges--Italy