A soldier takes cover while phosphorus shells burst nearby, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. A soldier takes cover while phosphorus shells burst nearby during a training exercise. Official caption on reverse: "7 Aug 44 7/MM-44-1832 / Mondragoni [sic] beach, Italy. B.A.R.-man of 141st Inf., 36th Div, in crouched position while white phosphorous shells are bursting during a practice landing exercise. Photo by Bell / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Mondragone, Italy. 7 August 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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Mondragone
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41.117
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13.883
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Military training--Italy
Smoke--Italy
Military training--Italy