US soldier walks through a village, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US soldier walks through a village. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150516." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Rad. Tele-Radioed 11-30-43. Italian Campaign! 2nd Lt. Paul V. Barnes, of Bakersfield, Calif., moves cautiously through a narrow grimy street of an Italian village with carbine in readiness for signs of the enemy. Lt. Barnes received the Silver Star in Sicily for wiping out single handedly a German machine-gun nest." Italy. 30 November 1943
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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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Buildings--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Vigilance--Italy