Sergeants filling a weather balloon with hydrogen at Fort Benning, Georgia on 12 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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1485. '12 July 44. Ecklund. T/Sgt t. M. Newberry (left) and Sgt E. M. Mazzuca (back) of Co. E, academic Regt, TIS, are shown here filling a discarded 'Weather Balloon' with Hydrogen. The balloon will later be sent up for a demonstration for class 349A, OCS and will be shot down by a 30 calibre anti-aircraft machine gun, at Galloway Range, Fort Benning, Ga. 168-L-44-1825.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 12 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
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Military training--Georgia
Captive balloons--Georgia