Wounded US soldier on a litter on the beach, Toulon, France, 1944
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Photograph. Wounded US soldier on a litter on the beach is attended to by medics. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-2002." Official caption on reverse: "Sig Corps photo-17 Aug 44- (2002)-France. Yank casualty in southern France! 7th Army American medics caring for a soldier wounded on D-Day, lying on a litter on the beachhead. Sig Corps Radio Telephoto from Italy-#." Likely Toulon, France. 17 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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Toulon
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43.117
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5.917
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--France
Medical personnel--American--France
Beaches--France
War casualties--France
Litters--France
Medical aspects of war--France