Wounded US soldier is aided by three other soldiers, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Wounded US soldier is aided by three other soldiers. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5394." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Photo-20-May 1944 (Italy) Wounded Yank. Hit by German machine gun fire in the Fifth Army Advance up the Gaeta Peninsula, an American soldier is receiving help from Army aid-men. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy.#." [Wounded soldier's face is blacked out]. Italy. 20 May 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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Gaeta
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41.200
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13.583
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Wounds & injuries--Italy
Medical personnel--American--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Smoking--Italy