US artillery piece is towed over rough terrain, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US artillery piece is towed over rough terrain. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150765." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-4-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-4-43-Italy! Evidence of the handicap the Italuan [sic] mud has brought about can be seen in this picture of a 155 mm Howitzer as it is being towed up a bank through thick sticky mud to a new position in the Colli sector." Colli, Italy. 4 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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Colli
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41.617
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13.533
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Mud--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Towing--Italy