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Trainees Demolish a Bridge
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Trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School, Panama, gathered around a wooden bridge they are rigging with dynamite charges. The men are wearing fatigues and some are carrying sub-machine guns. One man in the foreground is holding a camera near other men underneath the bridge.
December 1942
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Trainees Set Dynamite Charges
December 1942
Trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School setting dynamite charges outdoors in Panama. The men are wearing brimmed hats and uniforms. One crouching man is holding onto a bundle of dynamite sti...
Explosion at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School
December 1942
An explosion set by trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama in a rural area, with trees and shrubs in the forground.
Trainees at Outdoor Lecture
1942
Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School trainees gathered for an outdoor lecture. The men are all wearing helmets and fatigues, with some carrying submachine guns and one man smoking a cigarette. Some o...
Soldiers During Barbed Wire Training
1942
Two men posing during a training exercise on cutting barbed wire at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School, Panama. The men are on their stomachs crawling through grass next to two fences made of barbe...
Soldiers Cutting Barbed Wire
1942
Two male soldiers wearing fatigues cutting barbed wire during a training exercise at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama. The men are on their backs on the grass with barbed wire above and...
Soldiers in Panama
1942
View from behind towards two soldiers lying on a hill among shrubs overlooking a hilly landscape with a submachine gun. The soldiers are wearing fatigues and helmets.
