Soldier with .50 caliber machine gun mounted on M7 Priest / 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage during training maneuvers at San Louis Obispo, California on 28 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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1004. Soldier with .50 caliber machine gun mounted on M7 Priest / 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage during training maneuvers. '3-28-44. Paik. Pfc Thomas Bennan from New York City N.Y., now attach to the 323rd Cannon Co 81st Div. fires 50 cal Anti-Aircraft machine gun mounted on M-7 at enemy aircraft during maneuvers at Morro Bay, Calif. Pfc Gaetano Mazzoni, Erie, Penn. in back of gunner. 168-L-44-1076.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Paik. Camp San Louis Obispo, California. 28 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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Morro Bay
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35.350
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-120.833
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Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Tanks (Military science)--American--California
Machine guns--California
Hills--California