US artillery weapon fires shell on enemy positions in Nettuno, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Three GIs cover their ears as a US artillery weapon fires shell on enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-1442." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-20-44. Nettuno Area, Italy! 155mm 'Long Tom' dug in the flat terrain, and well camouflaged, lobs a shell into enemy held positions in the flat countryside in the Nettuno Sector." Nettuno, Italy 20 February 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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Nettuno
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41.450
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12.650
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Batteries (Weaponry)--Italy
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy
Bombardment--Italy
Rural areas--Italy