Officers watching test firing of rifle 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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1489. '6 July 44. Von Stroheim. Left to right, front: at B.A.R. firing Pfc. E. J. Benelli and S/Sgt. E. M. Newman assistant B.A.R. man; Left to right, rear: Major T. J. Cleary and Major F. W. Bluemle watching test firing of B.A.R. for safety positions of on lookers. Enlisted men from 4th Infantry, Company G, Officers from the Infantry School. Firing is at Hitchcock Range, Fort Benning, Georgia. 168-L-44-1829.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Von Stroheim. 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:
Rifles--American--Georgia
Shooting--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Military officers--American--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia