Recovery of the body of a Frenchman, Grenoble, France, 1944
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Photograph. Recovery of the body of a Frenchman killed by the Gestapo. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-25065." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo 31 Aug 44 (25801) S. France. Gestapo Victim! Body of a Frenchman killed by the Gestapo in Grenoble, is being recovered from an old bomb crater. The diggers are German prisoners. It is reputed there are 71 more such bodies buried in the vicinity. Twenty-three were discovered cramped into one crater. 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:
People--France
Dead persons--France
Prisoners of war--German--France
Digging--France
Shovels--France
Axes--France
Mass burials--France
Atrocities--France