Air dispatch riders in rest lounge, Italy, 1944

Description: 

Photograph. Air dispatch riders in rest lounge. Official caption on front: "HT/MM-44-1954;." Official caption on reverse: 12 Aug 44 HT/MM-44-1954 / AFHQ, Italy / Air Dispatch letter service - dispatch riders' rest room. At center table, L-R: PFC Joseph A. Therrien, 2 Lens Court, Southbridge, MA [Massachusetts], Lance Cpl. Ernest Miles, Royston, Yorkshire, Eng., and Signalman Howard C. Brown, Ashton-U-Lyne, Lancashire, Eng. On bench in rear: L-R: Signalman George R. Carr, South Chingford, London, W4; and Signalman Ackrill Oldham, Lancashire, England; on sofa, at right, L-R: Pvt. Noah E. Snipes of Rt. #1, Statesville, NC [North Carolina], and Signalman Reginald Skinner, 32 Blackshore Road, Tooting, London, England. Photo by Weidenmayer. 3131 Sig Sv Co." Italy. 12 August 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Regan Forrester
Accession Number: 
2002.337.481
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)
Unit: 
Fifth Army
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Sports & recreation facilities--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--British--Italy
Postal service employees--Italy
Rest periods--Italy
Writing--Italy
Reading--Italy
Collection Level: 
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.
Geography: 
Italia
Latitude: 
42.833
Longitude: 
12.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Sports & recreation facilities--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Soldiers--British--Italy
Postal service employees--Italy
Rest periods--Italy
Writing--Italy
Reading--Italy