[Funeral procession for Italian youths shot by German soldiers]

Photograph of an Allied military vehicle carrying the caskets of four Italian youths during a funeral procession in Faicchio, Italy, circa 1943-1944. The caption notes that the youths were shot by German soldiers.

Typed caption glued to verso: "Four Italian youths machine-gunned by Germans. Townsmen of Fiacchio, near the Volturno River in Italy, follow in funeral procession an Allied weapon carrier bearing the caskets of four Italian youths who were machine-gunned and killed by retreating Germans. Murder of the youths was added to the list of documented atrocities perpetrated by the Germans which is being complied by the Allied Military Government in liberated Italian cities and towns. Serviced by New York to List H. 17180-FO. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."