US serviceman sharing food from mess tin with ragged, Italian children in Volturno River Valley, Italy in 1944 or 1945

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

Slide. US serviceman sharing food from mess tin with ragged, Italian children. “Volturno Valley.” From box originally labeled “"No. [Northern] Italy - Cassino -– Pompeii - Como."” Volturno River Valley, Italy. Late 1944 to early 1945

Image Information

Accession Number: 
Date: 
1944
1945
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Collection Level: 
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: 
Italia
Latitude: 
42.833
Longitude: 
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Children--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy