Burning US vehicle on the roadside in San Pietro, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Burning US vehicle on the roadside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152291." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Telephoto-Radioed 1-8-44. Italy! Loaded with land mines and small arms ammunitiio [sic], American half-track and jeep ablaze after suffering hit by German artillery on the outskirts of San Pietro." San Pietro, Italy. 8 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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San Pietro
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41.450
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13.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--Italy
Fires--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Smoke--Italy