Burning US trucks, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Burning US trucks in an orchard. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152217;" Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-1-7-44 / Italy! American trucks burning fierecely [sic] after they had been set afire by an enemy dive-bombing attack." Italy. 7 January 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War damage--Italy
Fires--Italy
Aerial bombings--Italy
Vehicles, military--American--Italy
Forests--Italy