US and French anti-aircraft units near Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US and French anti-aircraft units man their weapons in rock-encircled gun emplacements. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-656." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-5-44 / Italy! American and French anti-aircraft units stand by their guns as German shells burst in the valley near S. Elia, Italy." Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy. 5 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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Sant'Elia a Pianisi
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41.633
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14.867
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--French--Italy
Bunkers (Fortification)--Italy
Antiaircraft guns--American--Italy