US soldier examines Italian machine gun, Italy, 1943
Description:
Photograph. US soldier examines Italian machine gun. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151387." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-19-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-19-43-Italy! Yanks examine Italian weapon. Knowing the value of being familiary [sic] with equipment of other armies, signal corpsmen Pvts. Joseph A. Puzeo of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Michael O'Rouche of Newark, N.J., are looking over Allied fighting Italian soldier's subcalibre machine gun." Italy. 19 December 1943
Image Information
Donor:
Accession Number:
Date:
Hometown:
Branch:
Theater of Service:
Unit:
POW / KIA:
Collection Level:
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.
Geography:
Italia
Latitude:
42.833
Longitude:
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--Italian--Italy
Machine guns--Italian--Italy