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Collection Summary
Collection: 10873 - North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Folder: 0052.013
Item: 01449_00024
Title: 5 photos of Benjamin Twite training with mortars and on the deck of a ship
Date: circa 1951
Summary: Digitized. Back of photo captions, left column, top to bottom: ~ ~Range Pole~ for keeping the gun squads in proper alignment, I used a instrument called aiming cirlce to sight in the mortars.~, [illegible], ~[illegible], Alvin's photo~, right column, top to bottom: ~I bought a shiny silk jacket in Japan when I was their [sic] in 1951 it had a large dragon on back~, ~Me on deck on the U.S. Gen Migs [USS General M. C. Meigs?]~
Red ID: MS_I_456185 Image ID: 471691 Image Notes: 10873-01449-00024

Collection: 10873 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Date: circa 1899-2019

Summary: Consists of interviews of North Dakota Veterans who served in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, War of Iraq, and other military conflicts. The files include one or more of the following formats: recordings (audio and/or video), manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The collection also contains records, administrative paperwork and forms used for the project.

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Collection Summary
Collection: 10873 - North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Folder: 0052.013
Item: 01449_00024
Title: 5 photos of Benjamin Twite training with mortars and on the deck of a ship
Date: circa 1951
Summary: Digitized. Back of photo captions, left column, top to bottom: ~ ~Range Pole~ for keeping the gun squads in proper alignment, I used a instrument called aiming cirlce to sight in the mortars.~, [illegible], ~[illegible], Alvin's photo~, right column, top to bottom: ~I bought a shiny silk jacket in Japan when I was their [sic] in 1951 it had a large dragon on back~, ~Me on deck on the U.S. Gen Migs [USS General M. C. Meigs?]~
Red ID: MS_I_456185 Image ID: 471692 Image Notes: 10873-01449-00024-back

Collection: 10873 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Veterans' History Project Records
Date: circa 1899-2019

Summary: Consists of interviews of North Dakota Veterans who served in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf War, War of Iraq, and other military conflicts. The files include one or more of the following formats: recordings (audio and/or video), manuscripts, photographs, and scrapbooks. The collection also contains records, administrative paperwork and forms used for the project.

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