US soldiers help Italian women prepare Christmas packages for Italian children in December 1944
439.Photograph. '24 Dec. 44. 5/MM-44-32264. Fifth Army, San Benedetto, Italy. Men of the 1st Armored Division share their Christmas packages from home to provide a Merry Christmas for over 150 little tots of San Benedetto. 1st/Sgt James D. Nichols (left), of Diehlstadt, Mo. [Missouri] and S/Sgt Raymond Stephenson, Midlothian, Tex. [Texas], assisted by Italian signorinas prepare the Christmas packages for the party. (No. 1 of 11 pix series). Photo by Schmidt. 3131 Signal Service Co.' San Benedetto, Italy. 24 December 1944