US soldiers work on weather reports, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Three US soldiers in an office work on weather reports. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152947." Official caption on reverse: "Italy! Caserta Area, Italy 12th Weather Squadron, Mobile unit #2. Foreground, S/Sgt. Kenneth F. Brechler, Lincoln Ave., Fennimore, Wis., S/Sgt. Maurice E. Thomas, 714 South Judson St., Ft. Scott, KS., and Capt. David M. Ludlum, 277 N. Arlington Ave., East Orange, NJ, receiving and working on teletyped weather reports. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal 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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Caserta
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41.067
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14.333
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Meteorological instruments--Italy
Meteorology--Italy
Classified defense information--Italy