US nurses digging foxholes, Anzio, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Two US nurses digging foxholes. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-532." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-1-44 / Anzio, Italy! upon arriving at evacuation hospital in Anzio, these two American nurses, L-R: 2nd Lt. Mary H. Fischer, Strassburg, N. Dakota, and 2nd Lt. Margaret L. Gallagher, Hibbing, Minn., take turns at digging fox-hole." Anzio, Italy. 1 February 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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Anzio
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41.450
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12.617
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Nurses--American--Italy
Digging--Italy
Foxholes--Italy
Shovels--Italy