British soldiers in combat, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. British soldiers during combat Italy,, one about to throw grenade. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152564." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-15-44 / Italy! (# 3 in a series of 4 pix) Covered by machine gunners, a British squad Sgt. prepares to throw a fragmentation grenade at German Spandou position during the allied advance for Ponte, Italy." Italy. 15 January 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--British--Italy
Grenades--Italy
Machine guns--British--Italy