US soldiers look for German mines in San Pietro, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US soldiers look for German mines along a roadway. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151495." Official caption on reverse: " Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-20-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-20-43-Italy! Looking for mines which retreating Germans had sown to slow Allied progress, a mine-detecting unit carefully advances along a road leading to the town of San Pietro." San Pietro, Italy. 20 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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San Pietro
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41.450
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13.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Military reconnaissance--American--Italy
War damage--Italy
Mines (Weapons)--Italy