Aerial view of the Allied Forces Headquarters air field, Caserta, Italy, 1944
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Photograph, aerial. View of the Allied Forces Headquarters air field. Official caption on front: "MM-44-3124." Official caption on reverse: "9 Sept 44 MM-44-3124 / Caserta, Italy / Aerial view of AFHQ Signal Corps' Laney Field at Caserta. Photo by Wiedenmayer / 3131 Sig Sv Co." Corsica, France. 9 September 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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Corsica
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42.000
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9.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Aerial photographs--Italy
Air bases--American--Italy
Rural areas--Italy