US rangers protect the advance of assault section, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US rangers protect the advance of assault section. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-150344." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps rad-tele-radioed 11-11-43. Rangers in action! Ranger riflemen concealed behind brush protect the advance of their assault section moving across the field." Likely Italy. 11 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Guards--Italy
Forests--Italy
Vigilance--Italy
Hiding--Italy