US patrol is briefed before attacking German position, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US patrol is briefed before attacking German position. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-3629"; personal caption on reverse: "15 April 1944." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Photo 16 Apr 1944 (Beachhead-Italy) American patrol blasts Germans in no-mans land. Pix #1 of 7 pix series. Patrol led by Staff Sgt. Alan Wright, Grande Prairie [unknown state], is briefed before heading for no-mans land to take enemy held farmhouse & observation post. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy. #." Italy. 15 April 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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Italia
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42.833
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12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Rural areas--Italy
Machine guns--Italy
Rifles--Italy
Military leadership--Italy
Military tactics--Italy