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[American Red Cross personnel holding wounded soldier on stretcher at rear of ambulance at ambulance advanced post on Piave at the Italian Front during World War I] – Historic Print

[American Red Cross personnel holding wounded soldier on stretcher at rear of ambulance at ambulance advanced post on Piave at the Italian Front during World War I], [beteween 1914 and 1918] — historic photograph
[American Red Cross personnel holding wounded soldier on stretcher at rear of ambulance at ambulance advanced post on Piave at the Italian Front during World War I], [beteween 1914 and 1918]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This photograph places American Red Cross workers at an ambulance advanced post on the Piave River, where they lift a wounded soldier onto a stretcher beside a waiting ambulance. The Piave became a key defensive line for Italy after the army's defeat at Caporetto in late 1917, and fighting along the river in 1918 was among the costliest of the Italian campaign. The caption card dates the picture only to a span between 1914 and 1918, so the exact day is unknown. The scene shows the hands-on work of moving injured men from the front toward medical care.

Created / published[beteween 1914 and 1918]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsNo. 2154. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: WWI--Italy; ARC.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,213 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156611

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