Smoke from shelling visible on a mountainside, Campa, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. Smoke from shelling visible on a mountainside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-151054." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-12-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-12-43-Italy! Smoke and H.E. shells burst on German positions on Monatary Hill [sic], bitterly contested heights standing in the way to Rome. HE shell [sic] were used to harass the enemy; smoke to hide the advancing infantry. In foreground is the town of Campa, held by British." Campa, Italy. 12 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Bombardment--Italy
Mountains--Italy
Croplands--Italy
Smoke--Italy