US soldiers string communication lines on the Royal Palace, Caserta, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers string communication lines on the Royal Palace. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-100014." Official caption on reverse: "17 Jan 1944 MM-5-44-100014 / Caserta area, Italy / Signal Corps linemen have strung phone wires along the rear walls of the palace. Here three linemen are shown making tests at a terminal strip. Photo by Musser / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Caserta, 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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Reggia di Caserta
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4.383
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14.316
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Linemen--Italy
Castles & palaces--Italy
Telecommunication lines--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Ladders--Italy