US Secretary of War drives past saluting troops at an airfield, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War drives past saluting troops at an airfield. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7371 / Fifth Army, forward area, Italy / Troops of 351st Inf. at attention while Sec. of War Henry L. Stimson, and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. of Fifth Army, drive past them at Tarquinia airport. Photo by Lapidus / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Tarquinia, Italy. 6 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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Tarquinia
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42.250
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11.750
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Cabinet officers--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Arrivals & departures--American--Italy