Father and son, both serving in the US Army, bid farewell to each other in Anzio, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Private Loop shakes hands with his father, Corporal Loop, as they bid farewell to each other. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-2096." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Telephoto-3-11-44 / Sig. C Photo-3-6-44-Anzio Beach-head, Italy! Pvt. William R. Loop (left) of Binghamton, N.Y., bids farewell to his father, Cpl. Roderick R. Loop, also of Binghamton, who is leaving Italy for a tour of duty in the United States. Both father and son enlisted together in the Army, and have been in the same tank battalion which has figured prominently in recent attacks.-Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Algiers." Anzio, Italy. 6 March 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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Anzio
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41.450
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12.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy
Farewells--Italy