US Secretary of War poses near a prop plane in Cecina, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War poses near a prop plane. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7146 / Fifth Army, Italy / Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War of the United States, stands beside the L-5 liaison plane [Stinson L-5 Sentinel] which flew him to a field near the Fifth Army front where he met Lt. General Mark W. Clark. They made a tour of the Fifth Army front by Jeep. General Clark is the commanding general of Fifth Army. Photo by Thomas / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Likely Cecina, 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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Cecina
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43.317
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10.517
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Cabinet officers--Italy
Military air pilots--American--Italy
Aircraft--American--Italy
Arrivals & departures--American--Italy