US and other Allied troops meet up at a command post, Southern France, 1944
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Photograph. US and other Allied troops meet up at a command post. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2110." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-18 Aug 1944. France (#2110)-Liberty conference! An impromptu Allied parley between a group of Airborne soldiers, American, British, and French and enthusiastic French partisans is underway at a command post on the coast of Southern France. Signal Corps Radio telephoto from Italy-#." Southern France. 18 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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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Soldiers--British--France
Soldiers--French--France
Underground movements--France
Farmhouses--France
Conversation--France