US soldiers practicing Morse code at a signal office, Caserta, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers practicing Morse code at a signal office. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-100204." Official caption on reverse: "8 Feb 1944 MM-5-44-100204 / Caserta, Italy / Left to Right, Pvt. Amos R. Wolfgang, Road No. 1, Mayport, Pa., with the 36th Field Artillery Regiment, and Cpl. Weldon E. Carlock, Joshua, Texas, with the 132nd Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Division, practice sending code at the 51st Signal Battalion radio school. Photo by Smith / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Caserta, Italy. 8 February 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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Caserta
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41.067
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14.333
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Communication devices--Italy
Military education--Italy
Sound equipment & supplies--Italy