Aerial view shows French Colonial troops advancing and German troops retreating, Italy, 1944
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Photograph, aerial. View of French Colonial troops advancing and German troops retreating along intersecting roadways. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5036." Official caption on reverse: "Sig C. Photo-Castelforte Area, Italy! 5-15-44-Radioed 5-17-44 / Air view of an advance. Looking like toy soldiers in a toy world, French Colonial troops advance along roads in the San Giorgia [sic]Sector, pursuing the retreating Germans after the fall of Castelforte." San Giorgio, 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:
Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aerial views--Italy
Soldiers--French--Italy
Troop movements--French--Italy