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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
Photo provided by Jackson Barracks Military Library
WET AND MISERABLE BUT STILL SMILING, DOUGHBOYS OF THE 37TH (OHIO) DIVISION SLOG UP TO THE FRONT THROUGH THE MUD OF A TROPICAL LOUISIANA RAINSTORM Photo Credit: Dmitri Kessel/Ralph Morse/TIMEPIX
Blue parachute troops, after dropping in a cotton field, commandeer Red command cars, fight toward pontoon bridge across Red River at Clarence. After capturing some men of Red Signal Corps and Engineers, they blew up a bridge at Vobreiaux. Photo Credit: Dmitri Kessel/Ralph Morse/TIMEPIX
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