US airborne infantrymen take cover in a ditch, France, 1944

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Photograph. US airborne infantrymen take cover in a ditch. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2177." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-18 Aug 1944. France (#2117)-. Roadside vigil! American airborne infantrymen who played a spectacular part in the first day successes in Southern France are shown deployed along a road waiting for orders to move up. Signal Corps radio telephoto from Italy-#." France. 18 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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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Flight crews--American--France
Military mobilizations--France
Dirt roads--France
Rifles--Italy