French soldiers picking up telephone wire, Collemacchia, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. French soldiers with a truck and a large spool pick up telephone wire. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152922." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Radio Photo-1-21-44 / Italy! French soldiers using U. S. Army Signal Corps methods, equipment [3/4 ton truck] and materiel, are shown picking up telephone wire in the Collemacchia area." Collemacchia, Italy. 21 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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Collemacchia
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41.550
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14.050
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Soldiers--French--Italy
Telephone lines--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Soldiers--French--Italy