US soldiers examine damaged German artillery weapon in Cisterna, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers examine damaged German artillery weapon. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5799." Official caption on reverse: "Sig C. telephoto-radioed-5-29-44. Italy! Two American soldiers examine German self-propelled 170 MM gun knocked-out near Cisterna, Italy." Cisterna, 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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Cisterna di Latina
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41.583
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12.817
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Artillery (Weaponry)--German--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
War damage--Italy
Inspections--Italy