Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground, Cassino, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Bodies of deceased German and British soldiers lie on the ground outside of the monastery walls. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151057." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-12-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-12-43-Italy! Death knows no frontiers. Dead British and German soldiers lie side by side before the jagged entrance to Monastary [sic] Hill where in life they fought each other hand to hand with 'no quarter' hostility." Monastery Hill, Cassino, Italy. 12 December 1943
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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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--British--Italy
Soldiers--German--Italy
War casualties--Italy
War damage--Italy
Monasteries--Italy