US Seabee examines a German "doodle bug" on the beach, St. Raphael, France, 1944
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Photograph. US Seabee examines a German "doodle bug" on the beach. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2197." Official caption on reverse: "16 August 1944 7/MM-44-2197 / Seventh Army, St. Raphael, France. German doodle bug in small covered beach revetment is examined by a Seabee and an engineer officer. It carries 350 kg of TNT and is loaded, suspected of being mined. It can be operated by wires from a dugout in the road behind the anti-tank wall. Photo by Newell / 163rd Signal Photo Co." St. Raphael, France. 16 August 1944
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.