US mountain troops make camp on a rocky cliffside, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US mountain troops make camp on a rocky cliffside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150886"; Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-9-43 / Sig Corps Photo 12-10-43-Italy! With an overhanging ledge for protection and the rocky ground for their bed, American infantrymen dig in with their pup-tent homes on the rough mountain slopes in the Mignano sector." Italy. 10 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
Military training--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Cliffs--Italy