A bulldozer of US Army Engineering Corps clearing away the thick layer of volcanic ash settled over a street of little town near Naples by the Vesuvius eruption. The aid to local civil community struck by eruption from the Allied forces, American in particular, was truly commendable. Victor Sierra

US bulldozer in action

Under the eyes of an adult, three children of Terzigno shoveling the volcanic ash settled outside their house by Vesuvius eruption on March 1944. Photo taken by personnel of USAAF’s 340th Bomb Group. On YouTube are many trailers of Vesuvius eruption. Victor Sierra

Shoveling the volcanic ash

The Ukrainian major town of Kharkov, summer 1942.