Method used for camouflaging an artillery piece where regular netting was unavailable is shown here at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 23 March 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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1836. '3-23-44. J. P. Johnson. 75mm Pack How. On rearward slope of firebreak trail, east of Hill #3509, C Battery position during Mtn Man. Method used for camouflaging where regular netting was unavailable is by means of rope entanglement as shown here. 7 mules are required to back this gun. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-585.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 23 March 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 Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--California
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--California
Camouflage (Military science)--California