US soldiers push jeep out of mud, Italy, 1943
Description:
Photograph. US soldiers push jeep out of mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151016." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-14-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-14-43-Italy! Manpower substitutes for horsepower in freeing Jeep. Pushing Jeep out of glue like mud-hole are L-R: T/4 Leslie Baxter of Eugene, Ore., Pvt. Alvin B. Hillman of Marcola, Ore., Cpl. Delmer Grey (driver) of Prinville, Ore., and T/5 Robert C. Thoms of Coburg, Ore., all engineers." Italy. 14 December 1943
Image Information
Donor:
Accession Number:
Date:
Hometown:
Branch:
Theater of Service:
Unit:
POW / KIA:
Topical Subjects:
Collection Level:
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.
Geography:
Italia
Latitude:
42.833
Longitude:
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Mud--Italy