Teaching small arms repair in San Luis Obispo, California on 29 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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1170. '3-29-44. Riley. S/Sgt Edgar Gold, Section Chief of Small Arms Section, supervising T/5 Machine Gun Cal 30 HBM2 at 549th Ordinance Heavy Maintenance Co, San Luis Obispo, California. 168-L-44-1254.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Riley. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 29 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--California
Military training--California
Machine guns--American--California
Maintenance & repair--California
Military education--California
Technical illustrations--California