Photograph of a German propaganda leaflet with a cartoon showing a device called 'F.D.R.'s [Franklin D. Roosevelt] Money Making Machine.' dropped on Fifth Army troops by Germans in Italy, circa 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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73.Photograph. Photograph of a German propaganda leaflet showing a machine that runs on money and soldier to produce 'waste' or the skulls of dead soldiers. The device is called 'F.D.R.'s [Franklin D. Roosevelt] Money Making Machine.' Dropped on Fifth Army troops by Germans in Italy. Probably the 3131 Signal Service Co. Circa 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
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Propaganda--German--Italy
Leaflets--German--Italy
Political cartoons--Italy