US serviceman Brach hangs on to the cannon of a Sherman tank to remove its cover in Italy in October 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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336.Photograph. US serviceman Brach hangs on to the cannon of a Sherman tank to remove its cover. '19 Oct. 1944. 5/MM-44-5654. Fifth Army, Santa Lucia Area, Italy. T/5 C. Brach of Wallkill, NY [New York] removes the cover from the gun of his tank to check its cleanliness. T/5 Brach is a member of the 1st Armored Division, awaiting final word for the drive on Bologna and the Po Valley. Photo by Schmidt. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Santa Lucia, Italy. 19 October 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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Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy