US troops board landing craft, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops board landing craft at a busy harbor. Official caption on front: "MM-KUR-44-10188." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Radio Photo-1-23-44 / New landings by 5th Army! Yanks board L.C.I.'s in preparation for new landings by 5th Army troops on the west coast of Italy, south of Rome." Italy. 23 January 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Military mobilizations--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Harbors--Italy