Gen. Charles De Gaulle salutes honor guard near Venafro, Italy, 1944

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Photograph. Gen. Charles De Gaulle salutes honor guard. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-2621." Official caption on reverse: Sig.[Signal] Corps Photo-3-9-44 / Gen. Charles De Gaulle, Chairman of French National Committee of Liberation, salutes the Honor Guard while reviewing French troops near Venafro, Italy." Near Venafro, Italy. 9 March 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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Venafro
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41.483
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14.033
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Generals--French--Italy
Honor guards--Italy
Saluting--Italy