Men practice safety swimming in oil burning on top of water at Fort Benning, Georgia on 14 July 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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1511. '14 July 44. Boll. Members of the graduating class of advanced swimming instructors, swim through flaming oil at Russ Pool Ft. Benning, Georgia. 168-L-44-1914.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Boll. 14 July 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
Geography:
Fort Benning
Latitude:
32.350
Longitude:
-84.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Swimming pools--Georgia
Oil spills--Georgia
Fires--Georgia
Military training--Georgia
Soldiers--American--Georgia
Swimming--Georgia