WACs and US soldiers walk together in Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. WACs and US soldiers walk together through a park. Official caption on reverse: "Sig C Photo-April 8, 1944-Algiers. 'Easter Parade'- bouquets from sidewalk shops give an Easter touch to strolling couples. Left to Right are Pfc. Wyeth Shelley of Los Angeles, Calif.,, Pfc. Grace Walters of Tacoma, Wash., T/5 Robert Lautenschlager of Oshkosh, Wisc.,, and T/4 John Janotka of Cleveland, Ohio." Algiers, Algeria. 8 April 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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Couples--Algeria
Walking--Algeria
Soldiers--American--Algeria
Women--Military service--Algeria
Bouquets--Algeria
Landscape pavilions--Algeria