US troops exit landing craft during training exercises, Mondragone, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. US troops exit landing craft and wade towards the beach during training exercises. Visible are medical personnel with crosses on their helmets and badges. Official caption on reverse: "7 Aug 44 7/MM-44-1851 / Mondragone area, Italy / Troops of the 143rd Inf, 36th Div, leaving landing craft and head for beach through surf in a practice landing exercise near Naples. Photo by Newell / 163rd Sig Photo Co." Mondragone, Italy. 7 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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Mondragone
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41.117
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13.883
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Landing craft--American--Italy
Soldiers--American--Italy
Hills--Italy
Beaches--Italy
Bodies of water--Italy
Military training--Italy