US serviceman looks into the muzzle of a German artillery weapon, Lyon, France, 1944
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Photograph. US serviceman looks into the muzzle of a German artillery weapon mounted on a rail car. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-25115." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo 4 Sept 44 (25115) So. France. Seventh Army soldier peers into the Guhe muzzle of a German railway gun in the vicinity of Lyon, key town in the Rhone valley. The enemy gun train, racing toward then Nazi-held Lyon, was discovered and destroyed by American air power. Signal Corps radio telephoto from Italy." Lyon, France. 4 September 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.