A 71st Division liaison pilot makes a pick-up of map overlays and enemy situation information at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 28 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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1940. '3-28-44. Johnson. Type L4H Liaison plane picking up map overlays and enemy situation information to be delivered to 609th F.A., 71st L. Div., C.P. situated in a strategic position along a ridge above Liaison air field during mtn. man., HLMR. This system is used for delivery of written orders and map overlays to artillery positions. For hasty pick ups, a grappling hook suspended from the plane snatches message from loop held by two men. HLMR MTN Man. R168-9-44-691.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Johnson. 27 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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Fort Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
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