Lt. General Jacob Devers lands on an airfield in a Piper Cub plane, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Lt. General Jacob Devers lands on an airfield in a Piper Cub plane. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-484." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-2-44 / Italy! Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers (L), deputy commander-in-chief, Mediterranean Theater and his pilot Maj. J. T. Walker, in Cub [Piper Cub with a Continental A65-8F engine] plane which brought him forward for a visit to the frontline headquarters of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C./G of 5th Army." Italy. 2 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Generals--American--Italy
Military air pilots--American--Italy
Biplanes--American--Italy