American engineer gun crew operate weapon in muddy pit near Venafro, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. American engineer gun crew operate weapon in muddy pit. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150437." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Rad. Tele.Radioed 11-18-43. War in Italy! An American engineer gun crew is shown entrenching a machine gun as protection from the mud and rain near the Volturno [River] at Venafro, Italy. L. to Right: Pfc. Joe Hicks, N.Y.C., Pvt. Harlan Stout, of Elizabeth, Tenn., Pvt. Frank Kennedy, of Smithville, Ill. [Illinois], and in the background, Pvt. Joe Lynch, Indianapolis, Ind., with shovel." Venafro, Italy. 18 November 1943
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From the service of Brigadier General Terence John Tully, a West Point graduate, Signal Officer during the African landings, Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters Africa/Italy for all Mediterranean operations. Tully served with the Signal Corps in Italy and North Africa documenting the 5th Army specifically. Later he was Commander of Camp Crowder, Missouri.
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Venafro
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41.483
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14.033
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Trench warfare--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Digging--Italy
Shovels
Engineers--Italy