Wounded US soldier on a litter is treated by a medical team in Cisterna, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Wounded US soldier on a litter is treated by a medical team. The soldier has a heavily-bandaged head wound and is receiving plasma from an intravenous line. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5567." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. C. telephoto-radioed 5-26-44. Italy! Plasma is given to badly wounded infantrymen at an aid station near Cisterna, Italy." Cisterna, Italy. 26 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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Cisterna di Latina
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41.583
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12.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Wounds & injuries--Italy
Blood transfusions--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Medical personnel--American--Italy
Litters--Italy
Smoking--Italy
Writing--Italy