Dignitaries gather for the ceremony installing a new mayor in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Dignitaries gather for the ceremony installing a new mayor in Rome. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6522." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 15 June 1944 (Italy) New Rome mayor! Gen. Becivenga (L), Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Hume, (center) C.G., AMG., Fifth Army, and Prince Filippo Andrea Doria Pamphili (R), newly appointed mayor of Rome, are shown shortly after the eternal city was returned to civil authority. S.C. Radio Tele. from Italy-#." Rome, Italy. 15 June 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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Princes--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Generals--Italian--Italy
Rites & ceremonies--Italy
Buildings--Italy
Mayors--Italy