US soldiers guard a German prisoner, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers guard a German prisoner. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-10412." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-9 Sept. 44-Italy. Soldiers of the all-Negro [African-American] 92nd Div. guard a German prisoner caught in the town of Lucca in civilian clothes. Sitting in Jeep, captive waits to be removed to the rear. The division fighting with the Fifth Army recently went into combat action for the first time. Sig. Corps Radiotelephoto from Italy-#." Italy. 9 September 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Prisoners of war--German--Italy
People--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Machine guns--Italy
Broadsides--Italy
Stone walls--Italy