CASSINO

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK
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RUINED FAMED CASSINO MONASTERY A HEAP OF BLASTED MASONRY IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE FAMED BENEDICTINE MONASTERY OVERLOOKING THE CASSINO BATTLE AREA. THE LONG HELD GERMAN POSITION WAS CAPTURED MAY 18. THIS GRAPHIC PICTURE OF THE RUINED EDIFICE WAS TAKEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER WILLIAM C. ALLEN, ON ASSIGNMENT IN ITALY FOR THE WARTIME STILL POOL.
5/18/1944