Bishop Gregg poses with African-American troops in Western North Africa, 1943

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Bishop Gregg poses with African-American troops. Official caption on front: "MM-LEV-43-5226." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-10-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-10-43-Bishop Gregg tour. Bishop J. A. Gregg [Gregg, John Andrew, 1877-1953], surrounded by a group of U.S. Negro soldiers whose unit he visit [sic] in North Africa as part of a world-wide tour among our Colored troops. L. to R.: S/Sgt. Hector Williams, Woodbury, N.J., Sgt. Ollie Foster, Atlanta, Ga., 1st Sgt. James H. Sayles, McKeesport, Pa., Maj. John A. DeVeauz, Jacksonville, Fla., Highest Ranking Negro Chaplain in the Army and aide to Bishop Gregg, S/Sgt. Walter V. Lassiter, N.Y.C., 1st. Sgt. Dalton J. Williams, New Orleans, La., Sgt. James M. Davis, Abbeville, Ga., Bishop J. A. Gregg, Kansa [sic] City, Kansas, S/Sgt. Delmas Jackson, Swainsboro, Ga., S/Sgt. Joe E. Davis, Aiken, S.C., S/Sgt. Rufus E. Beardon, Charleston, Miss., S/Sgt. Clinton E. Freeman, Fort Meyer, Fla." North Africa. 10 December 1943

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Donor: 
Ms. Regan Forrester
Accession Number: 
2002.337.428
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Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)
Unit: 
Fifth Army
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Topical Subjects: 
Bishops--North Africa
Soldiers--American--North Africa
Smiling--North Africa
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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.
Geography: 
North Africa
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Bishops--North Africa
Soldiers--American--North Africa
Smiling--North Africa