Damage done to a steel plate by explosives at Fort Benning, Georgia on 9 October 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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1679. '9 Oct 44. Johnson. Experiment by demolition School, TPS Ft Benning, Ga using Rocket head HEAT M6A3. Photo shows effect of charge on steel plate. On extreme left is hole made by using metal cone in head. Part of the cone can be seen. To the right of this hole may be seen slight, indentation, caused by charge without the cone. Stand off distance was not used on either of these charges. 168-L-44-16399.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Johnson. 9 October 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
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Explosives--Georgia
Steel--Georgia