Home destroyed by volcanic eruption in San Sebastiano, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Home destroyed by volcanic eruption. Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo-3-21-44-Italy! Mt. Vesuvius eruption. (#3 pix in series of 3) Wreckage of Italian home in San Sebastiano by steaming lava from Mt. Vesuvius. Note girders bent like hairpins." San Sebastiano, Italy. 21 March 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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San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
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40.833
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14.367
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Volcanic eruptions--Italy
Dwellings--Italy
Smoke--Italy
Aqueducts--Italy