Free French troops remove a Vichy sign, Besançon, France, 1944
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Photograph. Free French troops remove a Vichy sign. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-3061." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-11 Sept. 44 (3061)-So. France. Marquis removing French sign from front of Vichy Headquarters in Besancon, after its liberation by Seventh Army forces. Sig. Corps radio telephoto from Italy-#." Besançon, France. 11 September 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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Besançon
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47.233
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6.033
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Government facilities--French--France
Signs (Notices)--France
Underground movements--France
Posters--France
Vandalism--France