US servicemen manning a .30 caliber water-cooled machinegun during training exercises at San Luis Obispo, California on14 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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876. US servicemen manning a .30 caliber water-cooled machinegun during training exercises. '3-14-44. Wallis. A machine gun crew of the 1st Platoon, Co C, 1st Bn, 323rd, Inf, 81st Div. adds their fire power to a 'softening up' barrage preceding infantry attack during a field problem on area 1-A, at Camp San Luis Obispo, California. The crew, L to R: Cpl B H Hayes, squad ldr. Of No. Carolina, Pfc Chuio SooHoo, Gunner, of Malvern, Ark. and Pfc Walter Zelazny, 2nd gunner whose home is in Detroit, Mich. 168-L-44-874.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Wallis. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 14 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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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
Machine guns--California
Hills--American--California