Officer cutting barbed wire during training 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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1331. '6 July 44 Weber. 1st Lt. H. Chasen (left, pupil) cuts barbed wire with cutter while 2nd Lt. B. E. Corrigan holds wire. On test lanes for training the individual soldier, area 176-B Ft. Benning, Ga. They are members of officers Special Basic class # 23. 168-L-44-1608.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Weber. 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: 
Military officers--American--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Barbed wire--Georgia
Processes & techniques--Georgia
Rifles--Georgia