US lieutenant receives the Distinguished Service Cross medal, Tunisia, 1943
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Photograph. US Lieutenant Buscall receives the Distinguished Service Cross medal. Personal caption on reverse: "Lt Buscall (from OpptpCo) / The wine officer in II Corps staff- being congratulated by Gen. T. [J.] Tully just after he received the DSC [distinguished service cross] from Gen George Patton in Tunesia [sic] 1943 (You have to really earn a medal- to get one from Gen Patton)." Tunisia. 1943
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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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Tunis
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36.833
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10.217
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Generals--American--Tunisia
Military officers--American--Tunisia
Military decorations--Tunisia
Shaking hands--Tunisia