US soldier navigates through ammunition dump in Pozzilli, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier navigates through snow-covered ammunition dump. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152208." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-5-44 / Italy! Heavy snow-fall provided camouflage at Italian front. PFC Charles P. Nelson of Caldwell, N.J., member of chemical battalion brushes snwo [sic] from mortar shells in dump in Pozzilli area." Pozzilli, Italy. 5 January 1944
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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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Pozzilli
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41.517
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14.067
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Snow--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Ammunition dumps--Italy
Mortars (Ordnance)--Italy