US Army truck stuck in deep mud, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US Army truck stuck in deep mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150505." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Rad. Tele-Radioed 11-30-43. Army truck up to its knees in Italian mud! Yanks pushing and driving this 2 ½ ton vehicle out of a deep morass near the front and left to right, are: Pvt. Joseph F. White, of New Castle, Del., Cpl. Charles R. Svoboda, of Cicero, Ill., PFC. Earnest Shronk (Driver) of Reesburg, Wis., Pvt. Murray Marks, of Bronx, N.Y., and Cpl. Cecil Cox (coaxing with pole) of Bloomington, Ind." Italy. 30 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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Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Mud--Italy