US signalman works amidst wreckage and German corpses, Montelimar, France, 1944

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Photograph. US signalman works amidst wreckage and German corpses. Official caption on front: "7/MM-44-2775." Official caption on reverse: "30 Aug 1944 7/MM-44-2775 / Seventh Army, Montelimar Area, France / An American wire man goes about his work amid wreckage and dead of destroyed German convoy. Photo by Smith / 163 Sig. Photo Co." Montelimar, France. 30 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.
Geography: 
Montélimar
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44.550
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4.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--France
Utility poles--France
Vehicles, military--German--France
Soldiers--German--France
War casualties--France
War damage--France
Dead persons--France
Wire--France
Employment--France