US soldier shows off injuries received after escaping a POW camp, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US soldier shows off injuries received after escaping a POW camp. Official caption on front: "MM-5-102325.." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo --11-19-43 / Airman's escape from Germans: Bombardier Squadron Pilot officer Lt. Eldon H. Dahl of Bozeman, Montana, recuperating after an escape from Nazi hands. Lt. Dahl and crew were shot down when their craft was attacked by 50 German fighter-planes during a bombing mission over enemy territory. All were interned in an Italian prison camp. With declaration of Armistice by Italy the men were released. Lt. Dahl was recaptured by German soldiers, but miraculously got away from them. Cuts and bruises on his nose and arms received during his escape." Italy. 19 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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Prisoners of war--American--Italy
Wounds & injuries--Italy
Correspondence--Italy