US Secretary of War visits field hospital in Cecina, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US Secretary of War visits field hospital and speaks with a recovering patient. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7388 / Fifth Army, Cecina area, Italy / T/5 Ernest Goodwin, 12646 S.E. Harold St., Portland, Oregon (patient) shaking hands with Secretary of War Mr. Henry L. Stimson (in foreground) while Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C.G. Fifth Army (background) looks on. Photo by Hartman / 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Cabinet officers--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Military hospitals--Italy
Shaking hands--Italy
Smiling--Italy
Visits of state--American--Italy