The 170th Engineer Combat Battalion during maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 22 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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1829. '3-22-44. Du Tiel. During a short break, Engrs of C Co look north across the rough terrain to Osborne's Peak, where Engineers and a bulldozer are roughing the boulders aside for road space. B and C Companies of the 170th Engrs have worked together at the rough and rugged job of pushing a road thru this mountainous terrain. B Co started from the Pacific Ocean side to work towards the Co group which started from the east. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-578.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Du Tiel. 22 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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Fort Hunter Liggett
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35.917
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121.250
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