US Red Cross servicewomen greet Allied soldiers on a Swedish ship as it docks in Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. US Red Cross servicewomen greet Allied soldiers on a Swedish ship as it docks. Official caption on front: "MM-44-1151." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps photo radioed 20 May / Sig C Photo-5-20-44-Algiers! Swedish exchange liner Gripsholm arrives in an Allied port bearing repatriated Allied soldiers from Germany." Algiers, Algeria. 20 May 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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Alger
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36.833
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3.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ocean liners--Swedish--Algeria
Women--Algeria
Salutations--Algeria
Arrivals & departures--Algeria