Deceased German soldiers lie in a ditch near Anzio, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Deceased German soldiers lie in a ditch. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-2090." Official caption on reverse: "Sig.[Signal] Corps Radio Telephoto. 3-11-44. Sig C Photo-3-6-44. Anzio Beach-head, Italy! German dead lying in gulley where they attempted to break through Allied lines at night to cut a vital Allied road junction.- Signal Corps Radio. Telephoto from Algiers." Anzio, Italy. 6 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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Anzio
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41.450
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12.617
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Dead persons--Italy
War casualties--Italy
Soldiers--German--Italy
Streams--Italy