High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco visits U.S. troops

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Title

High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco visits U.S. troops

Description

Photograph of General Luis Orgaz Yoldi, Spanish Army, and Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, United States Army, at the border of French Morocco and Spanish Morocco, circa 1943.

Typed caption glued to verso: "High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco visits U.S. troops. Gen. Luis M. Orgaz, High Commissioner of Spanish Morocco in North Africa, is shown with Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark (right), commander of the U.S. Fifth Army, as the American general welcomed Gen. Orgaz at the border of French and Spanish Morocco. Gen. Orgaz visited Fifth Army headquarters, returning a visit made to him by Gen. Clark in April, and saw a battle demonstration by American air and ground forces. He also inspected [illegible] French troops. This radiophoto was sent to the U.S. from North Africa. 12439-FA. Approved by appropriate U.S. authority."

Date

1943 circa

Coverage

Bibliographic Citation

The Lee Embree Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2007-08-08_image_085_01
2007-08-08_image_085_02