Smoke rising from buildings in Cassino, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Smoke rising from buildings; mountains in the background. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-894." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Photo-Radioed-2-9-44. Italy! Smoke from American artillery shell-fire hurled on German positions in Cassino area rising beyond houses on the edge of town." Cassino, Italy. 9 February 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: 
Bombardment--Italy
Smoke--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy