Looking into the open breech of a WWI-era coastal artillery gun in Italy in October 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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390.Photograph. Looking into the open breech of a large, World War I-era coastal artillery gun. '28 Oct 44. 5/MM-44-6290. Fifth Army, Viareggio Area, Italy. The open breech of a 381 mm coastal gun made in 1914 by Vickers-Terny [Terni], found in what is believed to have been an Italian proving ground. Photo by Granning. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Viareggio Area, Italy. 28 October 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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Viareggio
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43.867
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10.233
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Artillery (Weaponry)--British--Italy