US artillery troops shelling German positions, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US artillery troops are set up in a terraced field, shelling German positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-292"; "Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Rad. tele-radioed-1-28-44. Pounding German positions in Rapido River Area, Italy! Infantryman loading 81MM. mortar shooting at enemy emplacements while other members of crew hold shells for loading." Italy. 28 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Mortars (Ordnance)--Italy
Bombardment--Italy