Soldiers awarded for winning firing match at Fort Benning, Georgia on 8 July 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
Description: 

1312. '8 July 44 Ecklund. Lt. Col. Sidney C. Wooten, regimental Commander, 5th Infantry Regiment, 71 Division, congradulates [sic] winners of the 5th Infantry Regiment Rifle Contest at Camouche Range, Fort Benning, Georgia. Left to right: Front row; Lt. Colonel Wooten, Pvt. Warren Frank, Company B, Denver Colorado; Staff Sergeant George Fairburn, Company L, Cambridge, Mass; Sergeant David Dyche, Headquarters 3rd Battalion from Ponca City, Arkansas; back row; Staff Sergeant John Goens, Company M, Portland, Oregon; First Sergeant John Vavrik, Company C, Nemacolin, Pa.; and First Sergeant George Newton, Company F, East Orange, New Jersey. 168-22-44-1589.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Ecklund. Likely Fort Benning, Georgia. 8 July 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Linda W. Graves
Accession Number: 
2011.065.1312
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Home Front
Unit: 
71st Infantry Division
5th Infantry Regiment
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Awards--Georgia
Military officers--American--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Signs (Notices)--Georgia
Shaking hands--Georgia
Collection Level: 
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
Geography: 
Fort Benning
Latitude: 
32.350
Longitude: 
-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Awards--Georgia
Military officers--American--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Signs (Notices)--Georgia
Shaking hands--Georgia