General de Gaulle speaks with an Algerian officer in Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy, 1944
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Photograph. General de Gaulle speaks with an Algerian officer. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-1992." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps Photo-3-9-44 / Italy! During a tour of French forces near St. Elia, Italy, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, chairman of the French National Committee, talks with an officer of an Algerian division fighting with the Allies." Sant'Elia a Pianisi, Italy. 9 March 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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Sant'Elia a Pianisi
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41.633
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14.867
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Soldiers--French--Italy
Military officers--Algerian--Italy
Generals--French--Italy
Conversation--Italy