Cargo mule train carrying rations 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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1840. '3-24-44. J. P. Johnson. Cargo mule train carrying Type C Food Rations, and other supplies along the steep firebreak trail to battery positions of 609th F.A., 71st L. Div. Water supply point and other supply dump are approximately four miles to the foot of ridge and mule trains can make only two trips a day due to the steepness of trail. This makes a shortage of especially water and ammunition. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-589.' 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
Mules--California