German prisoners board US landing craft, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France, 1944
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Photograph. German prisoners wade through water to board a US landing craft. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2034." Official caption on reverse: "15 August 1944 7/MM-44-2034 / Seventh Army, Red beach area, France / German prisoners captured by Americans, board an LCI to go back. Photo by A. Smith / 163rd Signal Photo Co." Likely Cavalaire-sur-Mer, France. 15 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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Cavalaire-sur-Mer
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43.200
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6.533
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Prisoners of war--German--France
Landing craft--American--France
Beaches--France
Bodies of water--France