Telephone lines strung on a wooden pole, Nettuno, Italy,1944
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Photograph. Telephone lines strung on a wooden pole. Official caption on reverse: "16 April 1944 MM-5-44-3698 / Fifth Army, Nettuno Area, Italy / Experimental support used on wooden pole with W-110-B field wire, at 57th Signal Bn. bivouac area. Photo by Bell / 163rd Photo Signal Co." Nettuno, Italy. 16 April 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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Nettuno
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41.450
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12.650
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Utility poles--Italy
Telecommunication lines--Italy