German POWs await their fate, San Vittore, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. German POWs sit on a pile of rubble and await their fate. Official caption on front: "MM-5-52533." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps radio photo-1-15-44 / Italy. Amidst the rubble and ruin of a war torn street in the San Vittore Area, an American infantryman guards 3 sad and tired and German prisoners. Prisoner in the center dislikes our artillery fire." San Vittore, Italy. 15 January 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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San Vittore del Lazio
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41.633
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13.917
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Prisoners of war--German--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
War damage--Italy