Bombardment of Cassino, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Smoke billows over the valley during the bombardment of Cassino. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-810." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-8-44 / Italy! Cassino under attack, shells from American artillery is seen bursting on besieged Cassino, sending up great clouds of smoke as the town is slowly pulverized to rubble in the fierce fight for its possession." Cassino, Italy. 8 February 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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
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Bombardment--Italy
War damage--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy