Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots, San Pietro, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Bodies of deceased soldiers are surrounded by their living compatriots. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152027." Official caption on reverse: Sig Corps Photo-12-31-43 radioed / Sig Corps Photo-12-31-43-Italy! American dead on litters. Yank mortalities did not stop on Christmas Day when bitter battling took place in the San Pietro area. U.S. dead are shown wrapped in blankets strapped to litters at a collection station awaiting removal to cemetary [sic]. Confidential Sig Corps Photo 12-31-43." San Pietro, Italy. 31 December 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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San Pietro
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41.450
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13.967
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Soldiers--American--Italy
War casualties--Italy
War damage--Italy
Dead persons--Italy
Litters--Italy