Seven servicemen work the switchboard at the US Message Center in Caserta, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Seven servicemen work the switchboard at the US Message Center in a palace in Caserta. Official caption on front: "MM-5-102729." Official caption on reverse: "9 Jan 1944 / MM-5-102729 / Caserta, Italy / Switchboard in operation at Lightening Rear Message Center situated in the Palace at Caserta, Italy. Photo by Edwards / 163rd Signal Photo Company / Confidential." Caserta, Italy. 9 January 1944
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$120.00
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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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Caserta
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41.067
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14.333
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Communication facilities--Italy
Telephone switchboards--Italy
Telecommunication lines--Italy