US and French officers salute during the playing of their national anthems, Algiers, Algeria,1944
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Photograph. US and French officers salute during the playing of their national anthems. Official caption on front: "MM-BAR-44-425." Official caption on reverse: "5 Feb 44 MM-BAK-44-425 / Algiers, North Africa. Officers of the American Army and of the French Army saluting as their national anthems are played during inspection of French troops by Brig Gen Merlin [Major General Lucien-Léon-Jules-Marie Merlin,1890-1982], CSO, French Forces. Photo taken by Baker-APS." Algiers, Algeria. 5 February 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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Alger
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36.833
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3.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military officers--American--Italy
Military officers--French--Algeria
Military inspections--Algeria
Saluting--Algeria