US Jeep leaves the town of Terracina, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Jeep drives out of a town along a beachfront roadway. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5690." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 26 May 1944 (Italy) Beachhead gateway! An American Jeep passes a sign reading 'Terracina' as it rolls out of this captured gateway town on Appian Way leading to Cisterna and Rome. Sig. C. Radio Telephoto from Italy.#." Terracina, 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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Via Appia
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Traffic signs & signals--Italy
Sea walls--Italy
Bays (Bodies of water)--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy
War damage--Italy
Troop movements--American--Italy