Unloading dummy ammunition after a five mile haul up the steep firebreak trail 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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1844. '3-22-44. J. P. Johnson. 7200 rounds of 75mm pack how. Ammunition is required per battery for operations of the 609th F.A., 71st Div. (L), atop ridge on firebreak trail near hill #3905 during mountain maneuvers. Here are men of Hq and Service Batter, 609th, 71st L. Div., unloading dummy ammunition after a long 5 mile haul up the steep firebreak trail. 900 rounds a day is good haul, as one mule can carry only 9 rounds. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-593.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 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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Soldiers--American--California
Artillery (Troops)--American--California
Arms & armament--American--California
Mules--California