US artillery soldiers unpacking shells in Isola Bella, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US artillery soldiers unpacking shells. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5554." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. C. telephoto-radioed 5-26-44. Italy! Gun crew of an American field artillery battery unwrapping shells to be used against German-held positions around Feminamorta, Italy." Isola Bella, Italy. 26 May 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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Isola Bella
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41.550
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12.800
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Shells (Ammunition)--Italy
Foxholes--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American
Packaging--Italy
Preparedness--Italy