Soldier showing proper manner of defusing anti-tank mine in 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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1321. '6 July 44 Paik. Pvt. Robert Pillsbury of Company E 3rd Infantry Regiment of Fort Benning, Ga., showing proper manner of pulling safety fork from anti-tank mine after putting it in hole at the mines and booby trap demonstration area at Fort Benning, Ga.,. 168-L-44-1598.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Paik. 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: 
Antipersonnel weapons--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia