US machine gunner fires from a window in Itri, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US machine gunner fires from a window. Photograph is taken inside a building and very dark; only buildings outside are really visible. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5378." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo radioed 21 May 1944 / Sig C. photo-5-19-44-Itri area, Italy! American machine guns of an infantry regiment fires at German objective in background." Itri, Italy. 19 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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Itri
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41.283
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13.533
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Machine guns--American--Italy
Buildings--Italy
Windows--Italy