Italian refugees are evacuated in Acquafondata, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Italian refugees load bundles into the back of a truck as they are evacuated by the military. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-785." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-8-44 / Italy! Uprooted. Bewildered parents, squalling children, refugees from embattled Cassino, are being put on trucks with their hastily packed belongings, to be transported to a refugee camp behind the lines. A French officer is directing the evacuation at a point near Acquafondata." Acquafondata, Italy. 8 February 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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Acquafondata
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41.550
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13.950
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Refugees--Italian--Italy
Children--Italy
Trucks--American--Italy
Evacuations--Italy