A soldier receiving a message from an outpost observer at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation on 23 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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1845. '3-23-44. J. P. Johnson. Radio Col. J. T. Sheridan (left) H.Q. and Service Battery 609th F.A. 71st L. Div., having just received a message from outpost observers, relay this on through switchboard to computer field phone, while Pvt B.M. Dennard, operator, rechecks deciphered message. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-594.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J. P. Johnson. 23 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--California
Communication devices--California
Switchboards--California