US artillery troops shell enemy positions, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US artillery troops shell enemy positions. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150808." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo-12-8-43-Italy! A 25 pounder lets go at a German position on Mt. Camino prior to the assault on that strategic height by British forces. Sig. C. radio tele. -S-#." Mount Camino, Italy. 8 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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Camino, Monte
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41.367
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13.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Italy
Bombardment--Italy