British and French generals salute, Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. British and French generals salute. Official caption on front: "7/MM-2-1-44." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Radio Photo-2-1-44 / Algiers: Gen. Sir Henry Maitlan Wilson, Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Theater (L), and General Henri Giraud, Commander French Forces, salute as national anthems of the United States, Great Britain, and France are played, at the first meeting of the two Allied leaders. Sig. Corps radio telephoto." Algiers, Algeria. 1 February 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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Alger
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36.833
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3.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Generals--British--Algeria
Generals--French--Algeria
Saluting--France