Allied vehicle drives past a burning house, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Allied vehicle drives past a burning house. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150280." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radioed-11-10-43 / Italy! U.S. Half-Track rolls by burning Italian home wrecked by German dive-bombers attempting to impede the Allied advance by smashing the road." Italy. 10 November 1943
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$120.00
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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
Latitude:
42.833
Longitude:
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Fires--Italy
Dwellings--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
War damage--Italy