Aerial view of bomb-damaged Castelforte, Italy, 1944
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Photograph, aerial. View of the remains of bomb-damaged Castelforte. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5035." Official caption on reverse: "Sig C. Photo-Castelforte, Italy! 5-15-44-Radioed 5-17-44 / Aerial view of the captured and ruined town of Castelforte. Hovering a bove [sic] the town, a Piper-Cub observes the accurate fire of Allied artillery which crumbled German defenses." Castelforte, Italy. 15 May 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.
Geography:
Castelforte
Latitude:
41.300
Longitude:
13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aerial views--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy
Soldiers--French--Italy
War damage--Italy