US troops come ashore during military training, Mondragone, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops come ashore during military training. Official caption on reverse: "7 August 1944 7/MM-44-1843 / Mondragone area, Italy / Men of the 36th Division charge ashore from landing craft during a practice landing exercise near Mondragone, Italy. Photo by Valentine / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Mondragone, Italy. 7 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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Mondragone
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41.117
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13.883
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Landing craft--American--Italy
Bodies of water--Italy
Military training--Italy