Four US soldiers operate a switchboard in Naples, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Four US soldiers operate a switchboard. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151833." Official caption on reverse: "24 Dec 1943 / MM-5-151833 / Naples, Italy / Left to Right: S/Sgt. Lysle E. George, 133 Sherman St., Muscatine, Iowa / Standing; PFC. Phillip T. Bruttig, 4336 Victoria Park Drive, Los Angeles, Calif.; T/5 Williard L. Gater, 2123 Gay St., Fort Wayne, Ind.; Pvt. Ray J. Cahill, 2621 15th Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn., operating an Italian switchboard at a U.S. telephone exchange. Photo by A. Smith / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Naples, Italy. 24 December 1943
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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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Napoli
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40.833
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14.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Telephone switchboards--Italy
Communication facilities--Italy