Several soldiers train in river crossing using ropes to pull themselves across the water in a small inflatable boat at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1942

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Several soldiers train in river-crossing, using ropes to pull themselves across the water in a small inflatable boat. "Combat infantrymen and combat photographers train together at Ft. Benning, GA (1942)". Fort Benning, Georgia. 1942

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1942
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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.
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Fort Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
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Military camps--American--Georgia