US soldiers take cover in a field in Monte San Biagio, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers take cover in a field. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5549." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 24 May 1944 (Italy). Trapped Germans! (pix #3 of 3 pix series) With guns covering the Galleria Di Mont Orso [Via Delal Galleria Mont'Orso] tunnel west of Fondi, where two German battalions are trapped, American infantrymen wait in their fox holes for the Nazi to fight or surrender. Sig. Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy.#." Monte San Biagio, Latina, Italy. 24 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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Monte San Biagio
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41.350
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13.350
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Foxholes--Italy
Machine guns--American--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Meadows--Italy
Vigilance--Italy