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Photo #: USA C-799 (Color)

Liberation of Rome, June 1944

Crowds attend a retreat ceremony, in which the American flag that flew over the White House on 7 December 1941 was raised over the Victor Emmanuel II Monument in Rome, circa early June 1944. The monument is in the right background.
Building at left bears a sign reading "Rome Area Command".

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 124KB; 490 x 765 pixels

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15 November 2000