US troops board LCVPs, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops board LCVPs Official caption on reverse: "MM-LAP-44-R5-10." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Radio Photo-1-25-44 / New Allied landings in Italy! Allied troops climb down cargo net into a Higgins boat which will rush them close to shore. This one flies the Stars and Stripes." Italy. 25 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
Nets--Italy
Climbing--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Flags--American