Five soldiers undergoing a training procedure in the 1940s
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Three soldiers stake down a white flag, while a fourth is prepared to shoot a Thompson submachine gun. A fifth soldier in the distance to the right walks toward the other men with his hands up; presumably they are training for surrender procedure. Location unknown. 1942-45
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1942
1945
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
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South Pacific Ocean
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Soldiers--American
Machine guns--American