Pigeon cages being dropped by parachute during maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 21 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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1822. '3-21-44. Freeney. Two pigeon cages supported by a nine foot parachute which had been dropped from an L5 plane during maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation to test the practicability of supplying units operating in difficult terrain with pigeons. Three to six birds will be dropped in a cage to the 71st and 89th Light Divisions. The pigeons were supplied by the 1st Combat Section, 1st platoon, 283rd Signal Pigeon Company. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-571.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Freeney. Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. 21 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:
Military training--California
Homing pigeons--California
Parachutes--American--California