US servicemen use bulldozers to clear debris, Montelimar, France, 1944

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Photograph. US servicemen use bulldozers to clear debris from the roadway. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2659." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-1 Sept 1944-France (#2659) Junk of defeat. German vehicles wrecked by troops of the American Division in the drive for Montelimar, Southern France, are cleared from road leading into town by bulldozers, to make room for the advancing forces of the Seventh Army. S.C. RAD. TEL from Italy-#." Montelimar, France. 1 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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Montélimar
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44.550
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4.750
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Buildings--France
Vehicles, military--German--France
Bulldozers--France
War damage--France
Soldiers--American--France