Soldiers watch the shelling of Cassino in Italy on 19 March 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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226.Photograph. '19 March 44. MM-5-44-2724. Fifth Army, Cassino Area, Italy. Soldier spectators watch the shelling of Cassino and vicinity as allied troops move up to the shattered town after one of the heaviest and most concentrated bombings of the war destroyed this long time blockade to the allied advance toward Rome. Photo by Paluch. 163rd Signal Photo Co.' Cassino Area, Italy. 19 March 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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Ruins--Italy
War damage--Italy