Mourners attend a funeral, Filignano, Italy, January 1944
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Photograph. Mourners attend an outdoor funeral. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152942." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-20-44 / Italy! Weeping and griefstricken relatives gathered around coffin of a sixty-five year old Italian woman, in Filignano, killed by German machine-gunners while trying to cross into Allied held territory." Filignano, Italy. 20 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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Filignano
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41.533
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14.050
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War casualties--Italy
Funeral rites & ceremonies--Italy
People--Italy
Coffins--Italy