Italian women wash clothes in a stream, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Italian women wash clothes in a stream. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150750." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-4-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-4-43-Italy! Laundry Service at the front! These Italian women take advantage of the rising streams, due to heavy rains Italy, and make a profitable business of washing clothes for GI's in the Marazanello sector." Marzanello, Italy. 4 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Women--Italy
Laundresses--Italy
Laundry--Italy
Streams--Italy