81st Infantry Division soldiers preparing 105mm shells to use during training exercises at San Luis Obispo, California on 14 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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81st Infantry Division soldiers preparing 105mm shells to use during training exercises. "3-14-44. Barry. Members of M-7 Tank Destroyer Cannon Co, 323rd Inf, 81st Div, load 105MM shells by removing projectile from shell and placing required number of powder increments in the shell. The number of increments used determines the range and velocity of the shell. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 168-L-44-862." Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 14 March 1944
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$120.00
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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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San Luis Obispo
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35.267
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-120.650
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Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Shells (Ammunition)--California