US troops training on the beach, Mondragone, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. US troops training on the beach. Official caption on reverse: "31 July 1944 7/MM-44-1760 / Naples area, Italy / Soldiers of the 1st Bn., 15th Inf., Regt., 3rd Division making a practice landing on beach near Mondragone, Italy. Photo by Cuca / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Mondragone, Italy. 31 July 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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Mondragone
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41.117
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13.883
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Soldiers--American--Italy
Beaches--Italy
Wire obstacles--Italy
Bodies of water--Italy
Military training--Italy