Commanding officer pinning combat infantry badge at Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 July 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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1344. '10 July 44. DuTiel. Colonel Robert H. Lord, Commanding Officer of the 1st Student Training Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia pins the combat Infantry Badge on the chest of P.F.C Paul S. Farquis, 4th Battalion 20th Company, cadre; as T/4 Sawochka another badge wearer looks on. The Infantry Badge was awarded during a Battalion Review as an indication of merit for satisfactory performance of duty in active combat against the enemy in the South Pacific Areas of Tongo, Guadalcanal, and Samoa Islands. Left to right: Lt. Col. Zeller, 4th Battalion Commander; Colonel Robert H. Lord; Regimental Commander, T/4 Andrew Sawochka, P.F.C. Paul S. Farquis. 168-L-44-1621.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: DuTiel. Fort Benning, Georgia. 10 July 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Linda W. Graves
Accession Number: 
2011.065.1344
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Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Home Front
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Topical Subjects: 
Military officers--American--Georgia
Military decorations--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Collection Level: 
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
Geography: 
Fort Benning
Latitude: 
32.350
Longitude: 
-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military officers--American--Georgia
Military decorations--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia