Destroyed US tank lies upside-down, Rians, France, 1944
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Photograph. Destroyed US tank lies upside-down. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2357." Official caption on reverse: "20 Aug 44 7/MM-44-2357 / Seventh Army, So. of Rians, France / Burned hulk of an American tank knocked-out by German fire located about 100 yards down the yard. Photo by Blau / 163rd Sig. Photo Co." Rians, France. 20 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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Rians
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43.600
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5.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--American--France
Soldiers--American--France
War damage--France