Destroyed German vehicles on the roadside, Tourves, France, 1944
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Photograph. Destroyed German vehicles on the roadside. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2338." Official caption on reverse: "Sig. Corps photo-22 Aug. 1944- Southern France (#2338). Blitzed from the air. German vehicles, wrecked by American planes, lay strewn along a road near Tourves, while U.S. soldiers moving up in Jeep view this record of Allied air power. Signal Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy.-#." Tourves, France. 22 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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Tourves
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43.417
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5.917
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Vehicles, military--German--France
Jeep automobiles--American--France
War damage--France
Streets--France
Troop movements--American--France