Smoke rises from US bombardment on Mount Lungo, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Smoke rises from US bombardment on distant hillside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151250." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-12-18-43 / Italy! Infantry advances are screened by Fifth Army artillery fire shelling Nazi lines on Mount Lungo." Mount Lungo, Italy. 18 December 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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Lungo, Monte
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41.417
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13.967
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Hills--Italy
Bombardment--Italy
Smoke--Italy