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Split image photograph showing military training exercise involving both infantry and airplanes on a location associated with Fort Benning, Georgia. Event is believed to have taken place during a Joint Orientation Conference. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

View includes what appears to be parachute training facilities located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

A demonstration of firepower with infantry and artillery components. In this attack action shot, infantrymen are shown in the forefront during a maneuver. This event occurred during a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

A demonstration of firepower with infantry and artillery components. In this attack action shot, infantrymen are shown in the forefront during a maneuver. This event occurred during a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

A group of military and government official are shown seated together while attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Identification includes left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations; Louis Johnson, with gun in hands, Secretary of Defense; J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff of the Army; and Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy.

A demonstration of firepower/attack with infantry, tank, and artillery components. In this attack action shot, infantrymen are shown in the forefront during a maneuver. This event occurred during a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

Parachutists are visible in the sky during a demonstration at Fort Benning, Georgia. This activity and others took place during a Joint Orientation Conference held at the military base. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

A group of invited individuals, believed to be prominent businessmen, are shown looking at a piece of military hardware and talking to a soldier. They are attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949. Photograph is part of a scrapbook identified as "The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., 4-5 November 1949, Joint Orientation Conference." Scrapbook includes a list of those attending as well as the itinerary for the conference and this information is filed with the photographs.

A group of invited individuals are shown having just departed from a United States Air Force airplane. They include left to right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Louis Johnson, Secretary of Defense; unidentified; Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy; and W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force. They are attending a Joint Orientation Conference held at Fort Benning, Georgia on November 4-5, 1949.

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."