Moroccan troops lead mules up a steep mountainside, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Moroccan troops lead heavily-laden mules up a steep mountainside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152296." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Tele-Radioed 1-8-44. Italy! Using pack mules to carry their equipment and supplies in the rough mountain terrain, French colonial troops of a Moroccan Division move up hill to take positions on Italian front." Italy. 8 January 1944
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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:
Soldiers--Moroccan--Italy
Troop movements--American--Italy
Mules--Italy
Forests--Italy