US soldier prepares radio transmitter, Pomigliano, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier prepares radio transmitter on balloon rigging. Official caption on front: "MM-5-152968." Official caption on reverse: "18 Jan 1944 / MM-5-152968 / Pomigliano, Italy. 12th Weather Squadron, base weather station. Sgt. Victor Cotton, 3509 Eighth St., Meridian, MIss., receives the soundings transmitted by radio that has been carried aloft by balloon. The balloon may go as high as 60,000 feet and will give information as to pressure, temperature and humidity. The machine that receives the information is called the Frieze Cycloray Recorder. Photo by Greenhaus / 163rd Signal Photo Company." Pomigliano, Italy. 18 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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Pomigliano d'Arco
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40.900
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14.383
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Meteorological instruments--Italy
Meteorology--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy