37th Infantry Division patrol members use the "hat-on-stick trick" to draw enemy fire in southern Manila, in the Philippines on 15 February 1945
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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"37th Div patrol members use "hat on stick" trick to draw enemy fire in South Manila." 15 February 1945
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02/15/1945
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography:
Manila
Latitude:
14.617
Longitude:
120.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Philippines
Deception--American--Philippines