GI looks out at debris along the harbor, Gaeta, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. GI looks out at debris along the harbor. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5445." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 21 May 1944 (Italy). Gaeta Harbor! An American guard stands amid the ruins of the Gaeta harbor-front which was almost razed by German demolitions and Allied shell fire directed at Nazi anti-invasion guns. Signal Corps Radiotelephoto from Italy." Gaeta, Italy. 21 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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Gaeta, Golfo di
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41.100
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13.500
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
War damage--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy
Bays (Bodies of water)--Italy