Soldiers push an American Jeep stuck in mud, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Soldiers try to extricate an American Jeep stuck in mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150338." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo Radioed 11-11-43 / Sig. Corps Photo-11-11-43-Mud in Italy! Allied troops have to fight mud as well as Nazis in their advance toward Rome. These U. S. soldiers are trying to push a mired Jeep through thick gumbo mud which passes as a road." Italy.11 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Mud--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy