US artillery troops shell the enemy in Colli, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US artillery troops set up in a muddy field shell the enemy. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150768." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-4-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-4-43-Italy! 155mm Howitzer guns, just brought into new position after being towed through thick Italian mud, are seen in action shelling the enemy beyond the hills in the Colli sector." Colli, 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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Colli
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41.617
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13.533
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Bombardment--Italy
Mud--Italy
Hills--Italy