US Army observers take cover behind a stone wall, San Pietro, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. US Army observers take cover behind a stone wall. Official caption on front: "7/MM-5-151238." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corp radio photo-12-17-43 / Italy. U.S. Army observers, crouched behind stone wall, watch shells landing in valley near San Pietro. This is the beginning of an assault barrage from 5th Army artillery against German positions in this fiercely contested sector." San Pietro, Italy. 17 December 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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San Pietro
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41.450
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13.967
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Military scouts--American--Italy
Stone walls--Italy
Hiding--Italy
Military reconnaissance--American--Italy