US soldier eyes a giant portrait of Mussolini used for target practice, Anzio, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier eyes a giant portrait of Mussolini used for target practice. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-712." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Photo-2-7-44 / Italy! Mussolini mussed-up. Giant portrait of the ousted dictator taken out of former fascist political headquarters in Anzio. Passing soldiers made a target of it." Anzio, Italy. 7 February 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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Anzio
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41.450
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12.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Portrait paintings--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
War damage--Italy