Flare grenade goes off during for demonstration at Fort Benning, Georgia on 6 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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1328. '6 July 44 Farrand. 2nd Lt. F. J. Schmitt, Kingston, Pa., 30th Co. 3rd S. T. R. neutralizes anti personnel mine at Infantry School area # 230 B&C, Ft. Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-1605.' This caption is likely incorrect. The photograph depicts an active flare grenade. Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Farrand. Fort Benning, Georgia. 6 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Grenades--Georgia
Barbed wire--Georgia
Smoke--Georgia