US truck drives on muddy road, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US truck drives through thick mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150629." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo-- 12-2-43 / Italy! Getting the goods through to the front is a trying task for any driver. Pvt. Loney De Corte of North Branford, Conn., has to nurse his vehicle over every foot of these deep muddy roads." Italy. 2 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:
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Automobile driving--Italy
Mud--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy