81st Infantry Division 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage/ Priest troops preparing 105mm shells to use during training exercises at San Luis Obispo, California on14 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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81st Infantry Division 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage/ Priest troops preparing 105mm shells to use during training exercises. "3-14-44. DuTiel. M-7 men of the 2nd Section, 1st Platoon, Cannon Co, 323rd Inf prepare 105 ammunition charges prior to firing problems during 1st Bn attack exercises, A-1 area, Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif. The boys are too busy to show their faces. L to R: Pvt Fox, Pfc Henry Beale, Sgt Robert Adamson, Crpl Granville Foster. 168-L-44-865." 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
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Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Shells (Ammunition)--California
Tanks (Military science)--American--California