US Secretary of War visits the front in Cecina, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US Secretary of War visits the front. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7393 / Fifth Army, Italy / L-R: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. Fifth Army, and Maj. Gen Charles W. Ryder, C.G. 34th Div, in Gen. Clark's Jeep, pass officers and men of the 133rd Regt. 3rd BN, who paid him honors. Sgt. Charles Adaysh, C.G. section, Union City, N.J., is the driver. Photo by Thomas / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Cecina, Italy. 6 July 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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Cecina
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43.317
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10.517
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Cabinet officers--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy
Rural areas--Italy
Saluting--Italy
Visits of state--American--Italy