Firemen putting out flaming halftrack in Italy 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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362.Photograph. Firemen of the 1206th Engineers putting out a flaming 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion halftrack. '24 Dec. 44 (Approx). 5/MM-44-32276. Fifth Army, Silla, Italy. Firemen of the 1206th Engineers Composite Section fighting a fire caused by direct hit from enemy shell on halftrack which was part of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion. They are applying foam to stop the burning gasoline. This firefighting unit is located in Vinturia on Highway 64. The fire is in the frontline town of Silla. Photo by McWhirter. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Silla, Italy. 24 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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Silla
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44.183
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10.983
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