US soldiers examine a deceased German soldier lying on a rocky hillside, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers examining dead German soldier on mountaintop. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152754." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-17-44 / Italy! Death on the way to Rome. Dead German, left unburied by retreating comrades, found on a hill in the Cerasuolo area by Lt. Col. H. T. Ketchum of Abbotsford, Wis., C/O of a field atillery [sic] Bn.and Capt. R. L. Johnson while they were on a reconnaisance [sic] mission." Cerasuolo, Italy. 17 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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Cerasuolo
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41.583
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14.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--German--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Dead persons--Italy
Military reconnaissance--American--Italy