US mortar platoon marches down a roadway outside Cisterna, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US mortar platoon marches down a roadway. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5568." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. C. telephoto-radioed 5-26-44. Italy! Mortar platoon of an American infantry regiment moves up road to Cisterna giving close support to advancing Allied infantry." Cisterna, Italy. 26 May 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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Cisterna di Latina
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41.583
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12.817
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Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Troop movements--American--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy
Rural areas--Italy