US soldiers enter the town of San Vittore, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers enter a bomb-damaged town. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152331." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 1-9-44 / Sig Corps Photo-1-9-44-Italy! Weary American infantrymen enter San Vittore, now quiet with desolation and death after three nightmarish days of ceaseless shelling and bombing preceding its capture." San Vittore, Italy. 9 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.
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San Vittore del Lazio
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41.633
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13.917
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Mountains--Italy
Cityscapes--Italy
Troop movements--American--Italy