US soldier chats with three WACs, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US soldier chats with three WACs. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150536." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 11-27-43 / Sig Corps Photo-11-27-43-Italy! Happiest 'GI' in the Army! T/5 Stanley Buckmore, of S. Gardner, Maine, smilingly approves of being surrounded by Pvt. Kathryn Egner, Portland, Oregon, PFC Peggy O'Loughlin, Monrovia, Calif., and Pvt. Frances Henderson, Columbus, Ohio. T/5 Buckmore is on special duty with the WACS in Italy. He tends GI stoves in the kitchen, that being the only job the WACS don't handle. He is said to be the only male soldier attached to the WACS. " Italy. 27 November 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Women--Military service--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Sofas--Italy
Smiling--Italy