Gun crew on hillside stays low during shelling, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. One member of a gun crew on a hillside talks on a field telephone during shelling. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152847." Official caption on reverse: "17 Jan 1944 / MM-5-152847 / Cassino Area, Italy / Observers working with their gun crews during shelling of German positions on Mt. Trocchio by US artillery. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Cassino, Italy. 17 January 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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Cassino
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41.500
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13.817
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Artillery (Troops)--American--Italy
Military scouts--American--Italy
Military reconnaissance--American--Italy