US officer operates a remote control stick controlling a radio target plane in San Luis Obispo, California on 1 April 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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1174. '4-1-44. Hussey. Lt. Harold Pritchard, Hq. Det., Special Troops, III Corps, in control of a radio target plane. Operation of remote control stick is similar to that of a real plane. Shot was made at Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 168-L-44-1260.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Hussey. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 1 April 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 officers--American--California
Military training--California
Electronic apparatus & appliances--California
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