Brigadier General Carl R. Gray and Major General Giovanni Di Raimondo stand on the front of a coal train in Rome, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Brigadier General Carl R. Gray and Major General Giovanni Di Raimondo stand on the front of a coal train. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-7068." Official caption on reverse: "4 July 1944 MM-5-44-7068 / Fifth Army, Rome area, Italy / Brig. General Carl R. Gray Jr., director general of Allied military railway service, and Italian Major General [Giovanni] Di Raimondo, of the Italian state railways, stand on front of decorated coal train; the first to make the Naples-Rome trip since the Allied occupation of the Italian capitol. Photo by Bell / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Rome, Italy. 4 July 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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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Generals--American--Italy
Generals--Italian--Italy
Railroad trains--Italian--Italy
Flags--Italian
Flags--British
Flags--American