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Photograph caption dated September 14, 1955 reads "Given on firing line at Camp Roberts to mortar crewmen by Sergeant Richard Wilson, center, of Glendale's 223rd Armored Infantry Battalion, are final instructions. Sighting in 81-mm mortar is Corporal Marvin Reed, with PFC Al Gutierrez, both members of Burbank's 139th Tank Battalion." Camp Roberts is in Central California.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Infantry Replacement Training Center (Camp Roberts, Calif.) United States.--Army Reserve--Infantry--Drill and tactics Men--California--Camp Roberts Soldiers--United States Military training camps--California--Camp Roberts War games--California--Camp Roberts Armed Forces--Reserves--Infantry Military uniforms Mortars (Ordnance) Camp Roberts (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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