Soldiers manning a gun during company problem at Fort Benning, Georgia on 6 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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1359. '6 July 44. Sharetts. Corp. P.F. Coyne, Newport, R.I.[Rhode Island], on right with M1 rifle, Pvt. J.A. Thomas, Durham, N.C.[North Carolina], in center behind a 50 Cal. M2 machine gun, P.F.C. M.A. Cook, Midland, Michigan, in the feeders position on left. These men all of 44th Qm. Rmd. Co. [44th Quartermaster Reclamation and Maintenance Depot Company] are manning the gun during company problem while the 44th was on Bivouac at Kings Pond Area, Fort Benning, Georgia. 168-L-44-1639.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Sharetts. Fort Benning, Georgia. 6 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:
Military training--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Machine guns--Georgia