US patrol fires at German position, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US patrol fires at German position in a farmhouse. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3622"; Personal caption on reverse: "15 April 1944." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Photo 16 Apr 1944 (Beachhead-Italy) American patrol blasts Germans in no-mans land. Pix #5 or 7 pix series. Members of patrol fire rifles & tommy guns from shed and tall grass to blast out enemy. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy." Italy. 15 April 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
Farmhouses--Italy
Machine guns--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Military maneuvers--Italy
Shooting--Italy