US and British soldier at dispatch letter service office, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US and British soldier at dispatch letter service office. Official caption on front: "HT/MM-44-1953." Official caption on reverse: "12 Aug 1944. HT/MM-44-1953. Allied force headquarters, Italy. Pvt. Noah E. Snipes, Statesville, N.C., and signalman Ackrill A. Oldham, Lancashire, England, dispatch riders, leave the air dispatch letter service offices. Photo by Weidenmayer. 3131 Signal Service Co." Italy. 12 August 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
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Soldiers--British--Italy
Motorcycles--American--Italy
Postal service--Italy
Correspondence--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy