US Secretary of War shakes hands with an Army nurse in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War shakes hands with an Army nurse outside of a hospital. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7120." Official caption on reverse: "5 July 1944 MM-5-44-7120 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Sec'y of War, Henry L. Stimson, bids goodbye to Nurse Major Alice Spellman, of Coal City, Ill., and thanks her for spending her time showing him the hospital. Photo by Stoen / Army Pictorial Service." Rome, Italy. 5 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
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Cabinet officers--Italy
Nurses--American--Italy
Military hospitals--Italy
Shaking hands--Italy
Arrivals & departures--American--Italy