President Franklin Roosevelt salutes a passing color guard in Castelvetrano, Sicily, Italy, 1943
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Photograph. President Franklin Roosevelt salutes a passing color guard. Written caption on reverse: "MM-WALL-43-5254." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo radioed 12-10-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-10-43-President in Sicily! President Roosevelt salutes the colors passing by on a field at Castelvetrano, Sicily, where a review was staged in his honor. L to R: President Roosevelt, Lt. Col. J.B. Crawford, Col. R.N. Tucker and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C/G 5th Army." 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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Presidents--Italy
Generals--American--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy
Military parades & ceremonies--Italy
Flags--American
Jeep automobiles--American--Italy
Saluting--Italy