US mountain troops train to rescue injured soldiers from mountains, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US mountain troops train to rescue injured soldiers from mountains. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150856." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-9-43 / Sig Corps Photo 12-10-43-Italy! Demonstrating the method of moving equipment over impassible ground, a pack of rifles is hoisted by means of a rope trolley across percipitous [sic] terrain to a craggy mountain top during a combat mountain training program conducted by the U. S. Army." Italy. 10 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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Artillery (Troops)--Italian--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--Italian--Italy
Eating & drinking--Italy
Rest periods--Italy
Vehicles, military--Italian--Italy