US Secretary of War Stimson tours the front in a jeep, Cecina, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War Stimson tours the front in a jeep. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7468 / Fifth Army, Italy / L-R: Secretary of War, Mr. Henry L. Stimson and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commanding general of Fifth Army, leaving the airfield in a Jeep. They landed here to make a tour of the Fifth army front. Sgt. Charles Adaysh of Union City, N..J., is Jeep driver. Photo by Thomas / 163rd Signal Photo Co." 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
Generals--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Rural areas--Italy
Arrivals & departures--American--Italy