A gunner of 81mm mortar prepares to drop a mortar shell into tube during a demonstration given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana on 11 August 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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2024. '11 August 44. Kilian. No. 2 gunner of 81mm mortar prepares to drop mortar shell into tube in demonstration of fire power given at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The mortar was unique in the respect that it was mounted in the back of a half-track vehicle and fired from same. The demonstration was part of combined Infantry, Artillery and Tank problem held by the 106th Inf. Division. 168-05-44-7084' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Kilian. 11 August 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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Edinburgh
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55.950
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-3.217
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Mortars (Ordnance)--Indiana
Soldiers--American--Indiana