President Franklin Roosevelt pins a medal on a GI in Castelvetrano, Sicily, 1943
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Photograph. President Franklin Roosevelt pins a medal on a GI. Official caption on front: "MM-HAR-43-5232." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-10-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-10-43-President in Sicily! President Roosevelt pins the D.S.C. on the tunic of Col. R. H Tucker during special ceremonies at Castelvetrano, Sicily one of the president's stopping points following his historic conferences." Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy. 10 December 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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Castelvetrano
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37.683
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12.783
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