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Vedetta, Italy, three members of Co. K, 87th Mountain Inf., 10th Mountain Div. cover house in background

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Call NumberTMD-650CreatorUnited States. Army. Signal CorpsDate1945 March 3SummaryMembers of Company K of the 87th Mountain Infantry crouch behind a tree on the slopes of Monte della Vedetta in Bologna Province, Italy. One of the men covers a distant house with his Browning automatic rifle. Captured German soldiers are near the house. The area has trees damaged by gunfire and holes created by heavy artillery.Physical Description1 photographic print : black and white ; 19 x 24 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectWorld War, 1939-1945--American--Campaigns and battlesBologna (Italy : Province)Monte della Vedetta (Italy)Campaigns and battles--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)Farmhouses--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)Soldiers--American--Italy--Bologna (Italy : Province)United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10thGeographic AreaItalyCollection10th Mountain Division RecordsRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700200650Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromPhotograph Album 15B; Album placed in TMD60. Walter L. Galson PapersOriginal Material Found in Collection10th Mountain Division Resource Center CollectionNotesTitle printed on verso of photographic print with: "while prisoners remove wounded Germans from house where they refused to surrender and were taken by an assault platoon. The Germans were wounded by a Browning automatic rifle, in the foreground, and light machine gun. U.S. 5th Army. Monte della Vedetta."; R7002006507DonorWalter L. Galson

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Rights Statementhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Credit10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library, [call number]Digital Reproduction Available for PurchaseYes

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Vedetta, Italy, three members of Co. K, 87th Mountain Inf., 10th Mountain Div. cover house in background