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
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.