General Charles De Gaulle saluting tomb of the unknown soldier in Algiers, Algeria, 1944
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Photograph. General Charles De Gaulle saluting tomb of the unknown soldier. Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps Radio 18 June 1944. Gen. Charles De Gaulle, leader of the free French forces, after having placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, sulutes [sic] in honor and memory of the war dead." Likely Algiers, Algeria. 18 June 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:
Generals--French--Algeria
Saluting--Algeria
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Italy
Buildings--Algeria