US soldiers try to repair a German car, Vidauban, France, 1944
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Photograph. US soldiers try to repair a German car. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2155." Official caption on reverse: "17 August 1944 7/MM-44-2155 / Seventh Army, Vidauban Area, Southern France / Members of H Co. of the 180th Inf. Regt., 45th Div., trying their best to repair this captured German car. Photo by Blau / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Vidauban, 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.
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Vidauban
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43.433
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6.433
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Automobiles--German--France
Maintenance & repair--France
Smoking--France