US Secretary of War seated in the rear cockpit of a prop plane, Cecina, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War seated in the rear cockpit of a prop plane. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7154 / Fifth Army, Cecina area, Italy / Mr. Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, seated in the rear cockpit of the L-5 Liaison plane [Stinson L-5 Sentinel] which is about to fly him back to Fifth Army HQ, at the conclusion of his tour of a part of the Fifth Army front. He was accompanied by several members of his staff and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. Fifth Army. Photo by Thomas / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Cecina, Italy. 6 July 1944
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.