Wounded troops are evacuated on a ship from Marina di Campo, Elba, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Wounded troops are evacuated on a ship. Official caption on front: "MM-44-1405." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-6-18-44. Elba invaded! 1st. French and Senegalese wounded soldiers being transferred from ambulances to ship for evacuation from Marina di Campo, Elba." Marina di Campo, Elba, Italy. 18 June 1944
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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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Marina di Campo
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42.550
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10.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Cityscapes--Italy
War damage--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Evacuations--Italy
Soldiers--Senagalese--Italy
Soldiers--French--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Ambulances--American--Italy
Beaches--Italy
Bodies of water--Italy