Soldier putting another tire on an Army wrecker so it doesn't sink into sand during training maneuvers at San Louis Obispo, California on 27 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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998. Soldier putting another tire on an Army wrecker so it doesn't sink into sand during training maneuvers. '3-27-44. Von Stroheim. A water installation unit had to be pulled out of sand by 155th Engr. This shot shows men putting on extra wheel on 11 ton wrecker so it would not bog down in sand. Operation takes about 20 minutes. Morro Bay, Calif. 168-L-44-1070.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Von Stroheim. Camp San Louis Obispo, California. 27 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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San Luis Obispo
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35.267
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-120.650
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Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Military vehicles--American--California
Vehicle maintenance & repair--California
Sand--California