Four French Algerian troops lie in a dugout near Castelnuovo, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5162." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo-5-16-44 / Italy! Retreating Germans leave no bridges behind them. Here American troops fill in road across stream beside the blown-out span in the Castellonorato area." Castellonorato, Italy. 16 May 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--Algerian--Italy
Foxholes--Italy
Rifles--Algerian--Italy
Vigilance