US and Brazilian joint commission on the beach in Saint Eugène, Algiers, Algieria, 1943
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Photograph. US and Brazilian joint commission on the beach. Official caption on front: "MM-BAK-43-5311." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Photo Radioed 12-13-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-13-43- Members of Brazilian-U.S.Joint Defense Commission listening to Maj. Dudley Williams give a resume of the Allied Invasion of Algeria at St. Eugene, Algiers, one of the landing points. Prominent in the group are: Gen. Mascarenhas and Gen. Anor of the Brazilian Army and Maj. Gen. J.G. Ord, U.S. Army member of commission. Officer on extreme left is an interpreter." Saint Eugène, Algiers, Algieria. 13 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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Alger
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36.833
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3.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--American--Algeria
Military officers--Brazilian--Algeria
Generals--Brazilian--Algeria
Generals--American--Algeria
Discussion--Algeria
Translators--Algeria
Beaches--Algeria
Maps--Algeria