US lieutenant receives medal of honor, North Africa, 1943
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Photograph. US lieutenant receives medal of honor. Official caption on front: "MM-5-150652." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo Radioed 12-1-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-1-43-Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, C/G 5/Army, decorating 1st Lt. David C. Waybur of Piedmont, Calif., with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his brilliant heroism in single-handedly holding off three enemy tanks attacking his reconnaissance platoon and destroying the fourth one while he was seriously wounded. Lt. Waybur killed the occupants of the tank one by one with his .45 cal. Thompson Machine gun, after the patrol's heavy ammunition was exhausted." Likely North Africa. 1 January 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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Maghreb
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Generals--American--Africa
Military officers--American--Africa
Military decorations--Africa