Aerial view of US infantry on patrol, Italy, 1944

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Photograph, aerial. View of US infantry on patrol. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5212." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Photo 21 May 1944 (Italy) Hasty retreat. Infantry patrol moving up along railroad track west of Fondi in the recent Allied push toward Rome. Note Germans did not blow bridge. Only one set of tracks are torn up. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy.#." Fondi, Italy. 21 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.
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Aerial views--Italy
Railroad tracks--Italy
Elevated highways--Italy
War damage--Italy
Rural areas--Italy
Troop movements--American--Italy