Priest from the Church of St. Margarita distributing gifts to Italian children 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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Priest from the Church of St. Margarita distributing gifts to Italian children that were collected from American rations and packages. "22 Dec 44. 5/MM-44-32414. Fifth Army, Loiano, Italy. One of the priests of the Church of St. Margarita distributing gifts to children, which had been given by soldiers from their rations and gifts from home weeks before to assure a Merry Christmas for the children. Photo by Mason. 3131 Sig Sv Co." Loiano, Italy. 22 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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Loiano
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44.267
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11.317
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Children--Health & welfare--Italy