U.S. machine gunners load a mule with weaponry in Venafro, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. U.S. machine gunners load a mule with weaponry. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150797." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-12-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-12-43- Italy! Members of a machine-gun crew load a pack mule with machine gun and ammunition for the long trek up a mountain pass in the Venafro sector." Venafro, Italy. 12 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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Venafro
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41.483
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14.033
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Mules--Italy
Machine guns--American--Italy
Ammunition--Italy