Members of the 10th Mountain Division during an attack on Monte Della Vedetta in Italy on 3 March 1945.

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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27.Photograph. A 10th Mountain Division soldier holds an M1 Garand with bayonet attached in foreground; another fires a machine gun in the background. '3 Mar 45. 5/MM-45-3740. Fifth Army, M. Della Vedetta, Italy. Light machine gun of K Co., 87th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division hammering away at Germans 300 yards away during an attack on Monte Della Vedetta on the Poretta-Moderna Hwy. Photo by Baker. 196th Signal Photo Co.' Near Bologna, Italy. 3 March 1945

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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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Soldiers--American--Italy
Machine guns--American--Italy
Rifles--American--Italy