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Firepower Demonstration During Presidential Trip to Fort Benning, Georgia

70-3269
Accession Number
70-3269
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 337952486
Related Collection
Matthews, Francis P. Papers
Keywords
Military bases
Presidential trips
Soldiers
Military maneuvers
Weapons
HST Keywords
Georgia - Fort Benning; Truman - Trips - Other - Presidential - Fort Benning, Georgia
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Description
View is identified as Problem 1001. Firepower of an infantry regiment is shown during the "mad minute." This is the demonstration in which all weapons of the infantry regiment are fired at once. A line of soldiers are in view at the bottom of the photograph. This event occurred while President Harry S. Truman was visiting Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Ga., 21 April 1950. Visit of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States."
Date(s)
April 21, 1950