German POWs dig up the bodies of murdered French citizens, Grenoble, France, 1944
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Photograph. German POWs dig up the bodies of murdered French citizens. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-25082." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo 31 Aug 44 (25082) S. France. Gestapo in Grenoble! German prisoners digging for bodies of 72 Frenchmen in old bomb craters near Grenoble. The Frenchmen were killed by the German Gestapo during the city's occupation. Note the sign in the foreground, 'to the victims of the Gestapo.' Sig Corps radio telephoto from Italy-#." Grenoble, France. 31 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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Grenoble
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45.183
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5.717
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Prisoners of war--German--France
Soldiers--French--France
Mass burials--France
Digging--France
Crosses--France
Shovels--France
Coffins--France
Crates--France
Bicycles & tricycles--France
Atrocities--France