US engineers clear a by-pass, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US engineers clear a by-pass along a flooded-out roadway. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150529." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 11-2614 / Sig Corps Photo radioed 11-26-43 / Sig Corps Photo-11-26-43. Italy! U.S. Engineers clearing a by-pass, flooded by constant rains, around the remains of a bridge blown-up by Germans. Note Engineer testing depth with shovel." Italy. 26 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Civil engineering--Italy
Floods--Italy
War damage--Italy
Bridges--Italy