US soldier takes a break with an Italian child and a dog, Acciarella, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier takes a break with an Italian child and a dog. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-468." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-1-44 / Acciarella Area, Italy! PFC Fred Gonsalves, Jr., New Bedford, Mann. [maybe Massachusetts], after being in attack along the Mussolini Canal, takes a break in straw stack along with a small Italian child and farm dog." Acciarella, Italy. 1 February 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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Acciarella
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41.450
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12.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Children--Italy
Dogs--Italy
Farms--Italy
Straw industry--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Rest periods--Italy