Deceased US soldier is carried down a mountainside by comrades, San Pietro, Italy, 1943

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Photograph. Deceased US soldier is carried down a mountainside by comrades. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152024 [number partially obscured]." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-31-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-31-43-Italy! Grim Christmas. War did not stop on Christmas day. Dead American, killed then in action on battlefront, is being carried down a slope above San Pietro, to a collecting station." 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
Mountain roads--Italy
Stone walls--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Dead persons--Italy
Litters--Italy