US medical personnel rest along an embankment, Cisterna, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US medical personnel rest along an embankment. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5764." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 27 May 1944 (Italy) Ready to aid. At this front-line first aid station in Cisterna, sheltered in a defilade, U.S. medics are ready to attend Fifth Army soldiers wounded, fighting in the town. S. C. Radio Tele. from Italy.#." Cisterna, Italy. 27 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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Cisterna di Latina
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41.583
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12.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Hiding--Italy
Medical personnel--American--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
War damage--Italy