Smoke billows from aerial bombardment, Cassino, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Smoke billows from aerial bombardment over a distant mountain. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-1315." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo-2-18-44 / Monastery overlooking Cassino bombed. Concealed by smoke from bombs dropped by the Allied air force, St. Benedictine monastery is blasted after the Germans used it as a fortress against the 5th Army." Cassino, Italy. 18 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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Aerial bombings--Italy
Hills--Italy
Croplands--Italy
Smoke--Italy