French officer stands by a coffin in a church, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. A French officer stands in a church, looking down at a wooden coffin on the ground nearby. Official caption on front: "MM-5-153014." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Radio Photo-1-23-44 / Italy! French officer of the French Expeditionary Corps Italy, stands by the coffin of a fallen brother officer in a church near the Venafro Sector." Near Venafro, Italy. 23 January 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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Venafro
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41.483
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14.033
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--French--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Churches--Italy
Coffins--Italy