GI examines a knocked-out German anti aircraft gun, Santa Maria, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. GI examines a knocked-out German anti aircraft gun [German Flak 38, 20mm antiaircraft gun]. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5051." Official caption on reverse: "Sig C Photo-Santa Maria Sector, Italy. Lt. Carl M. Bisciglia, St. Paul, Minn., of an infantry regiment looks at knocked out German anti-aircraft gun, immediately following the capture of Santa Maria, Italy." Santa Maria, Italy. 17 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--American--Italy
War damage--Italy
Antiaircraft guns--German--Italy