The ruins of Montecassino Abbey after Allied bombing in Italy in 1944 or 1945

Gift of Beth and Robert Millett, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description: 

Slide. Dead tree, ruins of Montecassino Abbey after Allied bombing destroyed it in background. “Abbey of Cassino.” From box originally labeled “"No. [Northern] Italy - Cassino -– Pompeii - Como."” Montecassino, Italy. Late 1944 to early 1945

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Date: 
1944
1945
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Items relating to the service of, or collected by, William J. Boylhart Jr., predominantly color Kodachrome slides of his service and occupation duty in the MTO and ETO along with images from his leave time spent in the United States. Many images feature his girlfriend Lyn.
Geography: 
Montecassino, Abbazia di
Latitude: 
41.483
Longitude: 
13.800
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
War damage--Italy