Servicemen putting on gas masks during training exercises in California on 25 February 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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Servicemen putting on gas masks during training exercises. "2-25-44. Barry. Sticking their chins out, members of 'I' Co, 3rd Bn, 322nd Inf, go through all important gas mask drill as part of their regular training. 168-L-44-719." Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. Probably Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 25 February 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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San Luis Obispo
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35.267
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-120.650
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Military training--California
Gas masks--California