US officer recruiting volunteers for road work, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US officer recruiting Italian civilian volunteers for road work. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152234." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-7-44 / Italy! American officer asking for Italian volunteers to assist in road construction at a salary of fifty lire a day." Italy. 7 January 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Military officers--American--Italy
Soldiers--Italian--Italy
People--Italy
Dwellings--Italy