Building on fire in Gaeta, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. GI looks up at building on fire. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5455." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo radioed 23 May 1944 / Sig C Photo-5-20-44-Italy! Smoke pours from the windows of this building near Gaeta, Italy, after the fleeing Germans burned military and government literature." Gaeta, Italy. 23 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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Gaeta
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41.200
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13.583
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Buildings--Italy
Smoke--Italy