Bishop J.A. Gregg in a jeep in North Africa, 1943
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Photograph. Bishop J.A. Gregg is driven in a jeep by an African American soldier. Official caption on front: "MM-LEV-43-5227." Official caption on reverse: "Signal Corps Photo Radioed 12-10-43 / Sig Corps Photo-12-10-43-Bishop Gregg tour. Bishop J. A. Gregg [Gregg, John Andrew, 1877-1953], visiting Negro troops in Africa as part of a world-wide tour, smiles a greeting as he passes through the area of a Negro unit stationed in N. [North] Africa. The driver is PFC Benny R. Grady, of Eufaula, Ala. The Bishop is from Fourth African Methodist Dist., Kansas City, Kansas." North Africa. 10 December 1943
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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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Maghreb
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Soldiers--American--Africa
Bishops--Africa
Jeep automobiles--American--Africa