US soldiers dig foxholes on the beach, Toulon, France, 1944

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Photograph. US soldiers dig foxholes on the beach. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2059." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-17 Aug 44-(2059)-France. Spading for shelter. 7th Army American shore party of Negro [African-American] and white soldiers digging foxholes in sand after D-day landing. Sig Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy-#." Likely Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France. 17 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.
Geography: 
Cavalaire-sur-Mer
Latitude: 
43.200
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6.533
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--France
Beaches--France
Digging--France
Foxholes--France
Dunes--France