Soldier sending message from a cave, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Soldier sitting in a cave sends a message with a wired mouthpiece. Stamped on photo front: "MM-5-152849." Official caption on reverse: "17 Jan 1944 / MM-5-152849 / Mt. Chiaia Area, Italy / Corporal Joseph Digatons, Minneapolis, Minn, serving with the artillery section of the 34th Division, sends message from command post located in a cave near Cassino. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Cassino, Italy. 17 January 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:
Caves--Italy
Communication devices
Soldiers--American--Italy