Laying signal lines over rocky terrain, Cassino, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. A serviceman is laying signal lines over rocky terrain. Caption on photo front: "MM-5-152853." Official caption on reverse: "17 Jan 1944 / MM-5-152853 / Cassino Area, Italy / Signal lines laid as enemy retreats in Cassino sector, showing dead mule in foreground. Corp. Willie Abramson of Dallas, Texas. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Cassino, Italy. 17 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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Dead animals--Italy
Telecommunication lines--Italy