US troops fire on an enemy position in Monte San Biagio, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops fire on an enemy position. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-5547." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo 24 May 1944 (Italy) Enemy patrol sighted! American machine gunners are firing at a German patrol sighted on a hill west of Fondi as the 5th Army offensive smashed at enemy mountain positions. Signal Corps radio telephoto from Italy.#." Likely Monte San Biagio, 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
Machine guns--American--Italy
Forests--Italy
Shooting--Italy