US military police on motorcycles escort Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US military police on motorcycles escort Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson down a boulevard. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7070." Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7070 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Convoy of M.P.'s escorting Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson through the streets of Rome on Independence Day. Photo by Rutberg / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Rome, Italy. 4 July 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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
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Military police--American--Italy
Motorcycles--American--Italy
Cobblestone streets--Italy
Buildings--Italy
Convoys--American--Italy
People--Italy