A quad .50 Cal machine gun mounted on a half track is manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Battalion on the Villa Verde Trail near Carranglan in the Philippines on 7 April 1945
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
"Quad 50 cal machine gun mounted on half track manned by Btry A, 209th AAA Bn, Villa Verde Trail." 7 April 1945
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04/07/1945
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography:
Carranglan
Latitude:
15.967
Longitude:
121.067
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Soldiers--American--Philippines
Machine guns--American--Philippines
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