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196th Signal Photo Company Still Photo Gallery
Selected photos taken by members of the 3131st Signal Service Battalion and the 196th Signal Photo Company during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Photographs are identified by the first and last name of the photographer and Army Signal Corps serial number and obtained from the National Archives, private collections and the public domain.. Each caption is transcribed from the reverse side of its original Army Signal Corps photograph. (Click on each thumbnail photo for a larger view.)
Getty, George H., 196th Signal Photo Company
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21 April 1945 - 5/MM-45-7598 - Fifth Army, Bologna Area, Italy Allied traffic on Highway 65 south of Bologna, extending about 10 miles, waiting to ford a river, until the bridge can be completed. (Photo by George Getty, 196th Signal Photo Company) |
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American Soldiers Enjoy Ice Cream on the terrace of the Enlisted Men's American Red Cross Service Club, Rome, Italy, Casina Delle Rose.
An Ice cream plant on the premises was operated by Italians employed by the American Red Cross which served some 15,000 soldiers daily. - (Photo by George Getty, 196th Signal Photo Company). |
Graning, Paul D., 196th Signal Photo Company
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22 February, 1945 - 5/MM-45-3043 - Fifth Army, Della Torraccia Area, Italy A Sherman tank hit a German Teller mine and broke its tread. Engineers from the 126th Engineers, 10th Mountain Division, sweep the area for more mines. (Photo by Paul D. Graning, 196th Signal Photo Company)
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19 April 1945 - 5/MM-45-7099 - Fifth Army, Montepastore, Italy A wire crew of the 85th Division Artillery strings wire using a truck set up they invented. (Photo by Paul D. Graning, 196th Signal Photo Company) |
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Kurland, David. 196th Signal Photo Company
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196th Signal Photo Company still photographer David Kurland , right, is featured in a new Italian-produced 60-minute DVD documentary describing the still and newsreel camera equipment used Army Pictorial Service during the Italian Campaign. |
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14 April 1944 - MM-KUR-44-10625 - Naples, Italy - "THIS IS THE ARMY"
The touring cast of “This Is the Army” dine
on the terrace of the Naples Royal Palace,
begun in 1600 by Dominico Fontana and |
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Levine, Melvin, 196th Signal Photo Company
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22 February, 1945 - 5/MM-45-2975 - Fifth Army, Mount Grande Area, Italy Fifth Army infantrymen pass through a bend in the road in the Mount Grande area on a cold winter's day, after coming out of the lines. (Photo by Melvin Levine, 196th Signal Photo Company) |
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196th Signal Photo Company Photographers - Selected Photos
These special tribute pages features some of the significant still photography of five Army Signal Corps photographers who served in the 196th Signal Photo Company. They include:
/ Cecil "Max"Campbell / John Mason / Donald Wiedenmayer / Jerry KosseffIndex to 196th Signal Photo Company - Still Photo Gallery
Known Army Signal Corps photographs attributed by Signal Corps serial number to individual members of the 3131st Signal Service Company and the 196th Signal Photo Company, Italian Campaign, 1944-1945. These photos were obtained from the National Archives and the public domain.
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Featured Materials
Po Valley DVD / Battle for Bologna
Selected photos from a new Italian DVD focusing on the work of the 196th Signal Photo Company
Collection of photos taken by Army T/4 Don Wiedenmayer during the Battle for Bologna, Italy
O'Connell's Equipment: Bell & Howell 35mm Eyemo Camera
Captain Melvin Gillette / Architect of the Army Pictorial Service
Selected Reference Materials (Orders and Official Documents) / Army Pictorial Service - North Africa
196th SPC - Awards and Decorations / 196th SPC Roll of Honor / 196th SPC - Unit History
/ 196th SPC - Campaign for Sicily / 196th SPC - Motion Picture Coverage / 196th - Still Photo Coverage
Bibliography / Veteran's History Project / Nauders Crossroads - 1945
