US Secretary of War and generals tour the front in jeeps, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War and generals tour the front in jeeps. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7084." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo 7 July 1944 (Italy). Mr. Harvey Bundy, special assistant to the Secretary of War, Major General Charles W. Ryder, C.G., 34th Div., Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. Fifth Army, look attentively at a war map near Cecina, while Major Mark T. Martin, 34th Div., explains situation." Likey Rome, Italy. July 1944 [Caption is incorrect; see 2002.337.669. Actual photograph shows Gen. Mark W. Clark speaking to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson]
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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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Cabinet officers--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Visits of state--American--Italy
Conversation--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy