A gunner checking range during mountain maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 24 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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1853. '3-24-44. J. P. Johnson. 'Check range' was the order given, and gunner Pfc Walter Coogan, C Battery, 609th F.A., 71st L. Div., checks to see if this 75mm pack how. Is on the target during mountain maneuvers. 609th F.A. Bn had four batteries situated on a ridge east of hill #3509 during 2nd phase of these maneuvers. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-602.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 24 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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