A 75mm pack howitzer of Battery C, 609th Field Artillery during mountain maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 24 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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1851. '3-24-44. J. P. Johnson. 75mm pack how. Of Battery C, 609th Field Artillery, 71st L. Div. during mountain maneuvers, HLMR, situated on rearward slope of ridge east of Hill #3509, lets go with a wallop. 7 pack mules are required to pack these guns up the 5 mile steep trail to position. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-600.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 24 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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Soldiers--American--California
Artillery (Troops)--American--California