General Eisenhower and a pilot in a small plane, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. General Eisenhower and a pilot in a small plane sit on Marsden matting at an airfield. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151370." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo 12-27-43 / Italy! General Eisenhower flies back from the fighting lines. The Commander-in-Chief, seated in rear of cockpit of the plane just before the take-off, had just completed a visit at the battlefront. Piloting the ship is Major T. J. Walker (right) of the Fifth Army." Italy. 27 December 1943
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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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Airplanes--American--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Military air pilots--American--Italy
Smiling--Italy