US Secretary of War and generals in a railroad car in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War and generals in a railroad car. Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7079 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Maj. Gen. Alexander Surles, chief of PRO, W.D., Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy Allied commander, Med. Theatre, on the Rome Limited, the Secretary's private train heading towards Rome from Caserta. Photo by Stoen / Army Pictorial Service." Army Pictorial Service." 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Railroad cars--American--Italy
Railroad travel--Italy
Cabinet officers--Italy
Generals--American--Italy