Servicemen stand near the remnants of a bomb-damaged building, Mignano, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Servicemen stand near the remnants of a bomb-damaged building. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150377." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo radioed 11-15-43 / Sig Corps photo-11-15-43 - War in Italy! Three Yanks patrol the streets of Migano [sic] leveled by American and German artillery fire. Local populace fled from the withering barrage raking the town into caves in outlying hills." Mignano, Italy. 15 November 1943
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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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Mignano Monte Lungo
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41.383
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13.967
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Guards--Italy
Buildings--Italy
War damage--Italy
Rifles--Italy