US artillery troops bombard enemy positions, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US artillery troops bombard enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-9965." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps photo 1 Sept 1944- Italy (#9965)-Negro [African-Americans] troops in action. The first Negro artillery outfit to go into action in the Mediterranean theater with the Fifth Army is shown lobbing shells at German positions across the Arno River from a battery of 105 mm Howitzers. Sig. C. Rad. Tele. from Italy-#." Italy. 1 September 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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