Steel girder exploded in demolition training at Fort Benning, Georgia on 12 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
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1469. '12 July 44. Hussey. Plastic rule blasting formula effect on this steel beam proves successful. One block of composite C-2 did this cutting job at . T.P.S. Dem'l. Div., Ft. Benning, Ga.[Georgia] 168-L-44-1809.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Hussey. 12 July 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 Benning
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32.350
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-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Girders--Georgia
Explosions--Georgia