US Secretary of War visiting the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War visiting the Colosseum. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7119." Official caption on reverse: "5 July 1944 MM-5-44-7119 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Visiting the Coliseum [Colosseum] in Rome are L-R: Sec'y of War Henry L. Stimson, accompanied by Major Gen. Alexander Surles, Chief of the Bureau of PRO in Washington, and Lt. Col. William H. Kyle, aide to the Sec'y of War. 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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Archaeological sites--Italy