Bulldozer tows a US tank, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Bulldozer tows a US tank across a river. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150727." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo 12-3-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-3-43-Nature stops a tank! A bulldozer successfully tugging a light American tank out of the swirling Volturno River in which the armored vehicl [sic] bogged down after a vain fording effort." Italy. 3 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy
Floods--Italy
Bulldozers--Italy
Rivers--Italy
Towing--Italy