US troops landing on beach during training exercise, Pozzuoli, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops landing on beach during training exercise. Official caption on reverse: "6 Aug. 1944 7/MM-44-1824 / Pozzuoli Port, Italy. In an amphibious landing practice exercise, American infantrymen just off a landing craft [LCVP] spurt across an Italian beach. Another LCI-L type craft loaded with troops speeds toward the shore. Photo by Stubenrauch. 163rd Sig. Photo Co." Pozzuoli, Italy. 6 August 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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Pozzuoli, Golfo di
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40.800
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14.117
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Landing craft--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Beaches--Italy
Bays (Bodies of water)--Italy
Military training--Italy