A female radio operator of the Free French forces works in the back of a truck, Sessa Aurunca, Italy, 1944

Description: 

Photograph. A female radio operator of the Free French forces works in the back of a truck. Official caption on reverse: "15 April 1944 MM-5-44-3657 / Fifth Army, Sessa Area, Italy / Operator 1st class Violette Camps, Algiers, Algeria, of Signal Corps, 2nd French Expeditionary Corps, feminine soldier of the Free French Forces operates American Signal Corps Radio 299 in 1½ ton Chevrolet Panel Truck, carrying communications to and from French Divisions and via a lateral net to other Fifth Army Corps. Here she is sending and receiving, using the interallied 'Q' code. She uses radio receiver BC-342-M and transmitter BC-610-D, with antenna tuning BC-729-C and speech amplifier BC-614-D. Photo by Newell / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Likely Sessa Aurunca, Italy. 15 April 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Regan Forrester
Accession Number: 
2002.337.169
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO)
Unit: 
163rd Signal Photographic Company
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Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--French--Italy
Women--Military service--Italy
Trucks--American--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy
Radios--Italy
Telephones--Italy
Telephone lines--Italy
Collection Level: 
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.
Geography: 
Sessa Aurunca
Latitude: 
41.233
Longitude: 
13.933
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--French--Italy
Women--Military service--Italy
Trucks--American--Italy
Camouflage (Military science)--Italy
Radios--Italy
Telephones--Italy
Telephone lines--Italy