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Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds many chores for the Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 13.

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georgia chattahoochee county fort benning safety film negatives lot 1963 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo tommy gun thompson sub machine gun tommy gunners tank soldier office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress
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01/01/1942
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chattahoochee county
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Library of Congress
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georgia chattahoochee county fort benning safety film negatives lot 1963 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo tommy gun thompson sub machine gun tommy gunners tank soldier office of war information farm security administration united states history library of congress