US soldier is mud-splattered, Italy, 1943

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Photograph. US soldier is mud-splattered. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150527." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 11-26-43 / Sig Corps Photo-11-26-43-Italy! PFC Louis M. Mantone, Maspeth, Long Island, sports a mud-pack facial spattered on by passing vehicles at a by-pass flooded by rains and being cleared by his engineers unit." 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
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Mud--Italy
Portrait photographs--Italy
Rifles--Italy