Jeep creates a dust cloud, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. Moving Jeep on a roadway creates a dust cloud. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-8287." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio photo- 4 Aug. 44- (8287)- Italy. Dust in Italy. Along an Italian road near the front, an American Jeep ploughs over a sun-baked road, churning up waves of dust which rise around the vehicle in thick choking clouds. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy-#." Italy. 4 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Dirt roads -- Italy
Dust--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Buildings--Italy