Smoke rises over Cassino, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Smoke rises over Cassino. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-2369." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-3-19-44 / Sig C Photo-3-17-44-Cassino, Italy! Pall of smoke rises over the town of Cassino in one of the war's most concentrated air bombings. St. Benedictine Monastery can be seen overlooking the city. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Algiers-#." Cassino, Italy. 17 March 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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Cassino
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41.500
Longitude: 
13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aerial bombings--Italy
Monasteries--Italy
Hills--Italy
Smoke--Italy