US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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441 ,, I PSKI A 1 2 .-x r if '3 1' .s. .' E- 'i924MDOUGHB!W DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SUBJECTS LIEUT. COL. G. H. VVILLIAMS Direcfor CAPT. R. M. SANDUSKY SEI'1'c'fz1l'jV INSTRUCTORS, DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SUBJECTS