A plane drops a cage of pigeons by parachute to troops of the 71st Division operating in difficult mountainous terrain during maneuvers 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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1860. '3-24-44. Freeney. An L5 plane drops a cage of six pigeons by a nine foot parachute to troops of the 71st Division operating in difficult mountainous terrain on maneuvers at Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. Pigeons are supplied by this method to both the 71st and 89th Divisions by the 1st combat Section, 1st Platoon, 283rd Signal Pigeon Co. HLMR Mtn. Man. 168-9-44-609.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Freeney. Hunter Liggett Military Reservation. 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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