Explosive damage shown during training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 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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1683. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Experiment by TPS Demolition School, Ft Benning, Ga, using rocket head without composition C2 substituting for regular explosive. Effect on steel plate is seen in this photo. Hole at right was made by charge with metal cone. Pencil indicates its depth. Both pencils are same length. 168-L-44-16403.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Johnson. 9 October 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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Explosives--Georgia
Steel--Georgia