US troops prepare for landing exercises, Pozzuoli, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops crowd onto the docks as they prepare for landing exercises. Official caption on reverse: "6 Aug 1944. 7/MM-44-1853 / Pozzuoli area, Italy. Troops of 143rd. Inf., 36th., Div, lined on dock as they board vessel in practice landing exercise near Naples. Photo by Newell / 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
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40.817
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14.117
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Harbors--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy
Dwellings--Italy
Bodies of water--Italy
Military training--Italy