Sergeants winding tape on communication device at Fort Benning, Georgia on 11 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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1402. '11 July 44. Ecklund. Sgt. G. Thrashber, Washington D.C. (left) & Stg. O. Barnett, Benton Harbor, Mich. [Michigan] (right) both of the code section, communication Div. of the Parachute School, Fort Benning, Ga. [Georgia], are winding code tape on two automatic Keyers (TG-10-C) before they begin their classes. The top machine will send out 6 words per min. and the bottom one will send 12 words per min. which is taken down by members of the Communication class of paratroopers. 168-L-44-1744.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 11 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 officers--American--Georgia
Communication devices--Georgia
Military training--Georgia