A soldier operates switchboard at which field lines from Division Headquarters and lines to artillery and batteries terminate during maneuvers 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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1837. '3-22-44. J. P. Johnson. Pvt J. H. Kenedy H.Q. & Service Battery 609th F.A., 71st L. Div., operates switchboard at which field lines from Div Headquarters, Div. Artillery, 66th Inf. Reg. C.P., and lines to artillery Bn and batteries terminate. There is a portable switchboard of this type for each Artillery Bn in a Light Div. Radio sets are used for communication only until field phones can be set up. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-586.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 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
Communication devices--California