US soldier operates equipment at a weather station in Pomigliano, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US soldier operates equipment at a weather station. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152969." Official caption on reverse: "18 Jan 1944 / MM-5-152969 / Pomigliano area, Italy. 12th weather squadron, base weather station. Sgt. John Owens, of 318 W. Market St., Scranton, PA., prepares the radio sonde [sic] transmitter before attaching it to balloon rigging. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal Company." Pomigliano, Italy. 18 January 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.
Geography: 
Pomigliano d'Arco
Latitude: 
40.900
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14.383
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Meteorological instruments--Italy
Meteorology--Italy