Commanding officer pinning infantry badge on infantryman 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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1343. '10 July 44. DuTiel. Col. E.H. Lord, Commanding Officer of the 1st Student Training Regt., Fort Benning, Ga., pinning Infantry badge on P.F.C. P.S. Farquin while T/4 A. Sawoohka looks on. Both E.H. are from 20th Oc. , 4th Bn. The badges were awarded them for satisfactory performance of duty in active combat against the enemy in the So. [South] Pacific Area, Tongo, Guadalcanal, and Samoa Islands. 168-L-44-1620.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: DuTiel. Fort Benning, Georgia. 10 July 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 Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
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Military officers--American--Georgia
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