French generals light a memorial, Algiers, Algeria, 1943
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Photograph. French generals light a memorial. Official caption on reverse: "MM-LAR-43-4664" and: "Sig. Corps rad. tele-radioed 11-11-43 / Armistice Day! Gen. Charles De Gaulle, Chairman of French Committee of National Liberation, revives French Flame of Liberty lit by torch in his hand. An annual custom in Paris, extinguished since Nazi occupation of mother country, this French symbol of victory in World War I burns for the first time in Algiers during current celebration of Armistice Day. Gen. Henri Giraud, C. in C. of Armed French Forces, stands behind Gen. De Gaulle with Gen. Georges Catroux, Governor-General of Algeria, is right." Algiers, Algeria. 11 November 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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Alger
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36.833
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3.000
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Military parades & ceremonies--Algeria
Generals--French--Algeria
Torches--Algeria
Monuments & memorials--Algeria