Sgt. Edwin Henson checks identification tags of German prisoners captured in the Carroceto Area, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Sgt. Edwin Henson checks identification tags of captured German prisoners. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-1635." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-23-44 / Italy! Sgt. Edwin Henson, San Jose, Cal., checks identification tags of German prisoners captured in the Carroceto Area, Italy." Carroceto, Italy. 23 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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Carroceto
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41.583
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12.633
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Military officers--American--Italy
Prisoners of war--German--Italy
Inspections--Italy