US and Italian soldier work together laying wire in Mount Lungo, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US and Italian soldier work together laying wire. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151565." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-21-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-21-43-Italy! Working together for victory. An Italian soldier, Pvt. Andreeto Luciano, (L), and an American soldier, Pvt. Gabriel Musella, of Brooklyn, N.Y., lay field wire at an Italian command post in the Mt. Lungo sector, where units of both armies are working together." Mount Lungo, Italy. 21 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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Lungo, Monte
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41.417
Longitude:
13.967
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--Italian--Italy
Telecommunication cables--Italy