105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage/ Priest crewman looking through telescope during training exercises at San Luis Obispo, California on 14 March 1944.
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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868. 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage/ Priest crewman looking through telescope during training exercises. '3-14-44. DuTiel. 2nd Lt. Robert Kenny, Platoon Leader, 1st Platoon, Cannon Co, 323rd Inf, 81st Div, sights through the elbow telescope attached to the 105 on M-7 manned by the second section. Initial safety precautions were double-checked prior to issuing fire orders during 1st Bn attack exercises, A-1 area, Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 168-L-44-866.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: DuTiel. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 14 March 1944
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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San Luis Obispo
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35.267
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-120.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Tanks (Military science)--American--California
Telescopes--California