Photograph of a German propaganda leaflet with image of a dead American soldier and the woman waiting for him at home reading: 'Waiting- in vain.' 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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68.Photograph. Photograph of a German propaganda leaflet with image of a dead American soldier and the woman waiting for him at home; with the text: 'Waiting - in vain.' 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
War casualties--Italy