US Secretary of War visits field hospital in Cecina, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US Secretary of War visits with a patient in a field hospital. Official caption on reverse: "6 July 1944 MM-5-44-7389 / Fifth Army, Cecina area, Italy / Secretary of War Mr. Henry L. Stimson, talks with T/5 Ernest Goodwin, 12646 S.E. Harold St., Portland, Ore., (patient) while Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark C.G. Fifth Army (center background) and unidentified officer (right foreground) look 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
Conversation--Italy
Medical aspects of war--Italy
Visits of state--American--Italy
Military hospitals--Italy