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THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944
© IWM (NA 20341) An amusing message chalked on the side of an M3 half-track mounting a 75mm gun of the King's Dragoon Guards, operating as part of 'Porter Force' on the Adriatic coast near Ravenna, 1 December 1944.
© IWM (NA 11186) Lance Bombardier Ian Hopkins, one of the crew of a lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
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