US wounded are carried on litters along the beach, St. Tropez, France, 1944
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Photograph. US wounded are carried on litters along the beach. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2036." Official caption on reverse: "15 Aug 1944 7/MM-44-2036 / Seventh army, Red Beach area, France / First wounded are brought on to beach to go back in LST's. Photo by A. Smith / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Likely St. Tropez, France. 15 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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Saint-Tropez
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43.267
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6.650
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Medical personnel--American--France
Medical aspects of war--France
Soldiers--American--France
War casualties--France
Litters--France
Landing craft--American--France
Beaches--France
Bodies of water--France