View from a ship deck at US and French forces enroute to Southern France, 1944
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Photograph. View from a ship deck at other ships filled with US and French forces head towards the landing area. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2243." Official caption on reverse: "16 Aug 44 7/MM-44-2243 / Seventh Army, with French forces enroute to So. France. Photo by convoy enroute to So. France with aircraft carriers and destroyers in foreground. Photo by McCroby / 163 Sig Photo Cpmpany." Southern France. 16 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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Mediterranean Sea
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31.500
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30.000
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Ships--American--France
Convoys--American--France