US artillery and troops in heavy mud, Cassino, Italy, 1943

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Photograph. US artillery and troops in heavy mud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150734." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-3-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-3-43-When rain and mud stall offensive operations along the Italian front the ground troops engage in long artillery duels. Here a 155 mm gun thunders in action against Nazi positions in vicinity of Cassino." Cassino, Italy. 3 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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Cassino
Latitude: 
41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Mud--Italy
Hills--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy