57mm antitank gun and crew during training maneuvers in California on 25 February 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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US servicemen with 57mm antitank gun during training maneuvers. "2-25-44. Hussey. 57mm regular crew members instruct on operation of breach. Standing Ctr., Sgt. Ira D. Grigg points out details of disassembly of breach block mechanism to two men, Pvt. Leonard S. Schmidt and Sgt. Jim Nickolls, as Capt. Wm. Heintz performs the operation. 168-L-44-718." Army Signal Corps photograph. Photographer: Hussey. Probably Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 25 February 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
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Military training--California
Artillery (Troops)--American--California
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--California