Soldier of 170th Engineer Combat Battalion laying fuse to one of five dynamite charges on Osborne's Peak, at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 22 March 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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1828. '3-22-44. Du Tiel. T/5 Lewis Lehr, C Co 170th Engrs III Corps shown laying fuse to one of five dynamite charges required to blast rock from Los Burros Trail on Osborne's Peak, 20 pounds of 60% dynamite are distributed in the rock. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-577.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Du Tiel. 22 March 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 Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
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Soldiers--American--California
Explosives