Military truck in flames, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Dead German prisoners of war are in and near a burning military truck. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152678." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo-1-16-44-Italy: this burning Allied vehicle became a funeral pyre for a truck load of German prisoners after being bombed and straffed by German planes just a few minutes after this photo was taken. Sig. Corps Rad. Tele." Italy. 16 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--German--Italy
Aerial bombings--Italy
Fires--Italy
War damage--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Dead persons--Italy
Vehicles, military--Italy