Italian refugees walk along a roadway, Vallerotonda, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Italian refugees walk along a roadway. Young woman in the foreground is shoeless. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-303"; Official Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-7-44 / Italy! Refugees on a mountain road in the Vallerotunda area, near Cassino, fleeing their town enveloped in battle, seeking safety behind the front." Vallerotonda, Italy. 7 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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Vallerotonda
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41.550
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13.917
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Refugees--Italian--Italy