Cleaning the breach of 75mm pack row after firing 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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1831. '3-24-44. J. P. Johnson. Cleaning breach of 75mm Pack Row after firing, Pfc W. Zanienaski of Battery C, 609th F.A. 71st L. Div., finds it a little hard to do with a lack of water. Battery C is dug into the rearward slope of firebreak trail during mountain maneuvers. Nearest water is in the valley about 4 miles down the trail, and pack mules can make only two trips a day, due to the steep climb. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-580.' 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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