US tank crew plows through deep mud, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US tank crew plows through deep mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150670." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo 12-3-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-3-43-American tank plowing through heavy mud and across a ditch along the Italian front. Crew members are: in turret, L-R, 1st Sgt. Claud Right of Onida, South Dakota, Commander, and Cpl. J. P. Herdeck of Chicago, Ill., Gunner: seated in hatches, L-R, Cpl. Carl M. Temy of Fort White, Florida, Assistant driver, and Cpl. William A. Kelly of Rockway, N.J., Driver." Italy. 3 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy
Mud--Italy