US soldier is congratulated after receiving the Medal of Honor, Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. US soldier is congratulated after receiving the Medal of Honor. Official caption on front: "MM-44-1247." Official caption on reverse: "Sig C. photo-radioed 7 June 1944. Algiers: Cpl. James D. Slaton, Gulfport, Miss.; being congratulated after ceremony awarding him the U.S. Medal of Honor, and the Russian decoration -Order of Patriotic War, 2nd. degree - for outstanding gallantry in Italy,. L-R: Alexander Bogomolov, Soviet Ambassador to French Committee of Nat'l. Liberation, Cpl. Slaton, Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, and Robert D. Murphy, U.S. political advisor." Algiers, Algeria. 7 June 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
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Soldiers--American--Algeria
Generals--American--Algeria
Ambassadors--Russian--Algeria
Government officials--American--Algeria
Military decorations--Algeria
Stadiums--Algeria