Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy

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Title

Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy

Description

Photograph of people watching as Allied military vehicles drive through a street lined with damaged buildings, Resina, Italy, circa 1943-1944.

Typed caption glued to verso: "Allied forces roll through Resina, Italy. Residents of Resina, Italy, gather in the streets and stand atop bomb debris to watch vehicles of the Allied Fifth Army roll through the town. Resina, the last town through which the Allies passed on their way to Naples, was the scene of heavy artillery and aerial bombing attacks against German forces who were driven from Naples by the advancing British and American troops. Serviced by New York to List A. 16687-PME. Not for use in England or Western Hemisphere. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."

Stamped on verso: "Important. Not for use in Western Hemisphere, England [illegible]."

Date

1943-1944 circa

Bibliographic Citation

The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-08-08_image_112_01
2007-08-08_image_112_02