Bucket brigade bails out water gathered in a gun emplacement, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Bucket brigade bails out water gathered in a gun emplacement. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150468." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Tele-Radioed 11-24-43. Italy! A helmet brigade is formed by members of anti-aircraft crew to bail out more than 18 inches of water gathered in gun emplacement as a result of continuous rain. L. to right: PFC Woodrow Porter, Dover, Tenn., PFC Edward J. Zvonek, Detroit, Mich., and Pvt. George Cooper, (in pit) of New Bedford, Mass." Italy. 24 November 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
Helmets--Italy
Adaptive reuse--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Trench warfare--Italy
Floods--Italy