Members of the 169 Engineers drilling rock in preparation for blasting in Italy in November 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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499.Photograph. '16 Nov 44. 5/MM-44-6902. Fifth Army, Italy. Members of the 169 Engineers drilling rock in preparation for blasting. This rock is used for road maintenance and construction on the Italian front. Photo by McWhirter. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Italy. 16 November 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:
Road construction--Italy
Drilling & boring machinery--Italy