Families evacuated by the Allies from frontline towns crowd around trucks in Spigno, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Families evacuated by the Allies from frontline towns crowd around trucks to be transported to safety and shelter. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5473." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 21 May 1944 (Italy) The uprooted. Families evacuated by the Allies from frontline towns crowd around trucks with their few portable belongings in Spigno waiting to be transported to safety and shelter. Signal Corps radio telephoto from Italy.#." Spigno, 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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Spigno Saturnia
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41.300
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13.717
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Refugees--Italian--Italy
Evacuations--Italy
War damage--Italy
Buildings--Italy