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Photograph caption dated November 13, 1956 reads, "A non-commissioned officer, with white stripe on back of steel helmet, crouches down behind .30 caliber water cooled machine gun as his partner feeds belt of ammunition into gun. Bullets splatter into hillside behind terrain target on range few yards from beach at Fort Ord. Here young Valley men make transition from civilian to soldier in basic training - a school in which no one fails."; See images #00146359 through #00146361 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Army United States.--Army--Target practice Soldiers--California--Fort Ord Men--California--Fort Ord Target practice--California--Fort Ord Firearms--California--Fort Ord Machine guns--California--Fort Ord Ammunition Targets (Shooting)--California--Fort Ord Mountains--California, Southern Fort Ord (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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