US mortar crew in the trenches, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US mortar crew in the trenches. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-9868." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-30 Aug 44 (9868)- Italy. Negroes in combat. Negro [African-American] mortar team of the 92nd Division lobbing 81-mm mortar shells at German positions across the Arno River. First Negro combat infantry troops in Italy are now in action on the Fifth Army front. Sig Corps Radio telephoto from Italy." Italy. 30 August 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--American--Italy
Mortars (Ordnance)--Italy
Bunkers (Fortification)--Italy
Bombardment--Italy