A British solider holds a young Italian girl wearing a fur coat at an Allied Military Government-sponsored party in Italy on 25 December 1944.
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U.S. Army Signal Corp photograph, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description:
21. Photograph. A British solider holds a young Italian girl wearing a fur coat at an Allied Military Government-sponsored party. 25 Dec. 1944. 5/MM-44-32354. Fifth Army, Scarperia Area, Italy. L/Cpl Robert Harland, London, England, holding a little Italian girl as she eats her cake, at the Christmas party given for Italian children by the A.M.G.[Allied Military Government]. Photo by Levine. 3131 Signal Service Co. Near Scarperia, Italy. 25 December 1944
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Date:
12/25/1944
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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.
Geography:
Scarperia
Latitude:
44.000
Longitude:
11.350
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Holidays--Italy
Soldiers--British--Italy
Girls--Italy
Fur coats--Italy
Parties--Italy