US artillery crew loads weapon, Ponsacco, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US artillery crew loads weapon. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8286." Official caption on reverse: "3 August 1944 MM-5-44-8286 / Fifth Army, Ponsacco area, Italy / Fifth Army, artillery crew load their 240 mm Howitzer during the shelling of enemy road concentrations above the Arno River. Photo by McWhirter / 3131 Signal Service Co." Ponsacco, Italy. 3 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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Ponsacco
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43.617
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10.633
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Bombardment--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy