Crouched in a trench, troops await lifting of artillery and small arms fire to begin attack on enemy pill boxes during an assault problem at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 14 September 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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2124. '14 Sept. 44 Barry. Crouched in trench, troops of 422nd Inf Regt assault sections await lifting of artillery and small arms fire to begin attack on enemy pill boxes. Soldier with handy-talkie radio is keeping contact with assault section on the flanks in order to keep the action co-ordinated. Action took place as part of a large scale assault problem held at Camp Atterbury, Indiana home of the 106th Inf Div. 168-05-44-7320' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. 14 September 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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Edinburgh
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55.950
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-3.217
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Soldiers--American--Indiana