Flag raising ceremony in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Flag raising ceremony in the Piazza Venezia. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7040." Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7040 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / The flag which flew over the capitol in Washington on Dec. 8 and Dec. 11, 1941, when war was declared on Japan and Germany respectively, is raised in Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy in an Independence Day ceremony. Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson, at the microphone. Photo by Getty / 196th Signal Photo Co." Rome, Italy. 4 July 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:
Plazas--Italy
Government facilities--Italian--Italy
Flagpoles--Italy
Flags--American
Military parades & ceremonies--Italy
Motion picture cameras--Italy
Photographers--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
People--Italy
Honor guards--Italy