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USA C-799 Liberation of Rome, June 1944

Photo #: USA C-799 Liberation of Rome, June 1944
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Description: 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.
Catalog #: USA C-799
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