Serviceman surveys a destroyed bridge, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Serviceman surveys a destroyed bridge. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-152531." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps radio photo-1-15-44 / Italy. Demolished by retreating Germans, this bridge did not hold up the advance of American tanks on the road to Cervaro." Near Cervaro, Italy. 15 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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Cervaro
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41.650
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13.900
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Bridges--Italy
War damage--Italy