Officer demonstrates how to walk over wire at night 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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1333. '6 July 44 Austin. 1st Lt. D.J. Horkan, 1st S.T.R. 5th Co. Ft. Benning, Ga.; of Baraboo, Wis. [Wisconsin] demonstrates how to walk over wire at night during tactical training of the individual soldier at the 176-B test lane area, Ft. Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-1610.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Austin. 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
Military tactics--Georgia
Rifles--Georgia
Blindfolds--Georgia
Forests--Georgia