A soldier places wire high up in trees and bushes as another soldier reels the wire off a reel unit at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 24 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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1908. '3-24-44. Ecklund. T/5 W T Gardner is placing W130 wire high up in trees and bushes as Pfc R. B. Kirkpatrick reels the wire off a reel unit RL 39. They are with the 89 Sig Platoon and are installing a local staff EE8A at the 89th Div C.P. near Hill 2280 HLMR. The EE8A will be 150 yards from the PD72 switchboard. HLMR MTN Man. R 168-9-44-658.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. 24 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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