American coffee served steaming hot from ARC Canteen to Italian soldiers who were on their way from active fighting in the trenches nearby, does much to keep up the spirit of Italian troops. Working actively on the front line the ARC is also aiding hundreds of thousands of soldier's families and assists thousands of refugees and carries on important work for the little children of Italy

On caption card: Soldiers drinking American coffee before a hastily improvised canteen in the war zone below the crossed flags.
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC.
Group title: Italy. ARC Canteen.
On caption card: Ms 1273.
Data: Mr. Wharton.
Date based on date of negatives in same range.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 18