US troops board landing craft during training exercise, Pozzuoli, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US troops board landing craft during training exercise. Official caption on reverse: "6 Aug 44 7/MM-44-1849 / Pozzuoli area, Italy / Troops of 143rd Inf, 36th Div., boarding LCI [possibly HM LCI(L)-303] in practice landing exercise. Photo by Newell / 163 Sig Photo Co." Pozzuoli, Italy. 6 August 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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Pozzuoli
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40.817
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14.117
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Landing craft--British--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Harbors--Italy
Dwellings--Italy
Equipment & supplies--Italy
Military training--Italy