US reconnaissance patrol fighting along a roadway, Southern France, 1944
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Photograph. US reconnaissance patrol fighting along a roadway. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2390." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps photo-23 Aug. 1944- Southern France (#2390) Enemy just ahead. U.S. armored vehicle of a reconnaissance patrol probing for German positions in Southern France, fight it out with an enemy group located 150 yards away across a river. Note tenseness of machine-gunner. Sig. C. Rad. Tel. from Italy-#." Southern France. 23 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
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