US soldier gives cigarettes to Italian refugees near Cassino, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier greets and gives cigarettes to Italian refugees on the roadside. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-682." Official caption on reverse: ""Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-7-44 / Italy! Refugees from besieged Cassino are cheered along the way by an American soldier shown handing out cigarettes after distributing all the biscuits he had with him. A signal corps movie photographer (on left) is recording the scene." Cassino, Italy. 7 February 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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Montecassino, Abbazia di
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41.483
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13.800
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Refugees--Italian--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Motion picture cameras--Italy
Cigarettes--Italy