US soldier awarded medal in Algiers, Algeria, 1943

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Photograph. US soldier awarded medal. Handwritten caption on reverse: "MM-BAK-43-5493." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo Radioed 12-31-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-31-43-Soldier decorated for heroism in North Africa. Pvt. Roy F. Zorens of Cincinnati, Ohio, receives the Soldier's Medal from CO. J. W. Ramsey for rescuing a British soldier from drowning, near Algiers." Algiers, Algeria. 31 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
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Soldiers--American--Algeria
Military decorations--Algeria
Flags--American
Military officers--American--Algeria