US soldier guards Appian Way outside of Velletri, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier guards Appian Way from a dugout on the roadside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-6004." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 29 May 1944 (Italy) Watch on the 'way'! With his bazooka trained on the Appian Way, just outside of Velletri, P.F.C. Lester R. Bertolet, Hillsboro, Ill., guards this famous road to Rome against possible German infiltration. Just discernible in right background, is barrel of a knocked-out German 88. Signal Corps radio telephoto from Italy. #." Velletri, Italy. 29 May 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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Velletri
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41.683
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12.783
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Guards--Italy
Bazookas--Italy
Vigilance--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy
Rural areas--Italy