Brigadier General Carl R. Gary shakes hands with an Italian colonel in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Brigadier General Carl R. Gary shakes hands with an Italian colonel. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7067." Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7068 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Brig. Gen. Carl R. Gray Jr, director general Allied military railway service, and Col. Charles Poletti, AMG commissioner, Rome region, shake hand at completion of first Naples-Rome run made by a coal train to the Italian capitol since its occupation by Allies. Photo by Bell / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Rome, Italy. 4 July 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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Generals--American--Italy
Military officers--Italian--Italy
Shaking hands--Italy