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