US soldier pictured after rescue, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US soldier pictured after being rescued from under a deep pile of dirt from an exploded bomb. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151389." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-19-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-19-43-Italy! Entombed by artillery hit. Mud-spattered Pvt. Sandile Jones of Manchester, Ky., escaped injury when he was buried under more than two feet of earth after German bomb exploded near embankment sheltering him. A 15-year old Italian boy was killed by the same bomb." Italy. 19 December 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
Rescue work--American--Italy