US half-track crew pauses on the roadside to assess action near Cassino, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US half-track crew pauses on the roadside to assess action in the distance. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-659." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-5-44 / Italy! American Half Track [M-3] crew observe our artillery bursting on Cassino." Cassino, Italy. 5 February 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:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Tracklaying vehicles--American--Italy
Bombardment--Italy