British soldiers lead a blinded soldier down a mountain slope, Mount Camino, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. British soldiers lead a blinded soldier down a mountain slope. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150826." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo 12-8-43-Italy! Blinded by gun-fire, a British soldier is being led by first-aid men down the treacherous slope of Mt. Camino, bitterly contested German defense position. Sig. C.Radio-S-#." Mount Camino, Italy. 8 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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Camino, Monte
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41.367
Longitude:
13.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Medical personnel--American--Italy
Soldiers--British--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Wounds & injuries--Italy