FRE 8784

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An A-36 Mustang of the 12th Air Force drops a food parcel for the 5th Army in Italy, 20 December 1943. Image stamped on reverse: 'Photographic News Agencies LTD.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'US Official Photo- "Mercy Bombs" bring food to 5th Army soldier fighting high on the slopes of Mt. Maggiore where supplies cannot reach. An A-36 plane hits the "target" with a belly tank loaded with food and medical supplies for the troops who are cracking Hitler's "Winter Line" in Italy. 20.12.43.'

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IWM, Roger Freeman Collection