US and French flags are raised during an inspection in Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. US and French flags are raised during an inspection. Official caption on front: "MM-BAK-44-424." Official caption on reverse: "5 Feb 44 MM-BAK-44-424 / Algiers, North Africa. During the inspection of French troops by Brig Gen Merlin [Major General Lucien-Léon-Jules-Marie Merlin, 1890-1982], CSO, French forces, American and French flags are raised as the Marsailles [sic] and the Star Spangled Banner are played. Photo by Baker-APS." Algiers, Algeria. 5 February 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--French--Algeria
Flag salutes--Algeria
Flags--French
Flags--American
Flagpoles--Algeria