US airplanes drop supplies for troops, France, 1944
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Photograph. Soldier looks up as US airplanes drop supplies for troops. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2112." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-18 Aug 19444 France (#2112)- Supply from the sky! Parachutes released from troop carriers float earthward with resupplies for American Airborne infantrymen and paratroopers still behind enemy lines after carrying out special D-Day missions. Signal Corps Radio telephoto from Italy-#." France. 18 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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France
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46.000
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2.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Parachutes--American--France
Equipment & supplies--France