US officer and French partisan wait for the enemy with drawn guns, Marseille, France, 1944
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Photograph. US officer and French partisan wait for the enemy with drawn guns. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-25053." Official caption on reverse: "26 August 1944 7/MM-44-25053 / Marseilles, France / Lt. Edwin E. Dowell, Portland Ore. and French Partisan wait in a Marseille street for an enemy to show himself. Photo by Brinn / 163rd Signal photo Co." Marseille, France. 26 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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Marseille
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43.300
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5.367
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Military officers--American--France
Soldiers--French--France
Underground movements--France
Handguns--France
Machine guns--France
Maps--France
Automobiles--French--France
Camouflage (Military science)--France
Buildings--France
Streets--France
Vigilance--France