Servicemen listening to class on first aid measures during training in California on 25 February 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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719. Servicemen sitting on ground listening to class on first aid measures; instructors stand with poster titled 'The 3 life savers. 1. Stop bleeding 2. Protect wounds 3. Prevent shock.' '2-25-44. Barry. T/4 Jesse Simpson of 322nd Med Det [Medical detachment] attached to 'M' Co, 3rd Bn, is shown conducting a class in first-aid on a Company street. 168-L-44-717.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Barry. Probably Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 25 February 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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San Luis Obispo
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35.267
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-120.650
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Military training--California
Barracks--American--California
Military education--California
Medical aspects of war--California