Smoke billows over the town from the bombardment, Cassino, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Smoke billows over the town from the bombardment. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-44-2371." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps radio photo-3-19-44 / Sig C photo-3-15-44-Cassino, Italy. Huge billows of smoke hang over Cassino as one of the war's greates [sic] aerial bombardments gets under way to destroy the city, which has long blocked the Allied advance toward Rome." Cassino, Italy. 15 March 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
Cities & towns--Italy
Smoke--Italy
Aerial photographs--Italy