US soldiers receive Christmas mail, Italy, 1943

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Photograph. Soldiers gather around a truck to receive Christmas mail. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150521." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 11-26-43. Sig Corps Photo-11-26-43-Italy! 'Mail Call! Christmas Parcels!' With this cry men of an infantry division eagerly swarm toward the mail-truck loaded down with Christmas packages. " Italy. 26 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
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Mail trucks--Italy
Correspondence--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Delivering--Italy
Christmas presents--Italy