Santa Claus visits Italian child injured by land mine in December 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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374.Photograph. Santa Claus visits Italian child injured by land mine; a member of the Army Nurse Corps and the child's father stand by; a Christmas tree sits beside her bed. '23 Dec 44. 5/MM-44-32294. Fifth Army, Pistoia Area, Italy. In the general surgery post-operative ward of the 16th Evacuation Hospital, Santa Claus (Capt. M. L. Stillerman, Medical Corps) visits Italian child that was injured by a land mine. Child's father who was also injured is at her side, as 1st. Lt. Esther R. Wender, Akron, Ohio, ANC [Army Nurse Corps] watches. Photo by Kosseff. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Pistoia, Italy. 23 December 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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Pistoia
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43.917
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10.900
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Christmas decorations--Italy
Christmas presents--Italy
Christmas trees--Italy
War casualties--Italy