Photograph of World War II soldiers from Company D, 8th Battalion, Ft. Belvoir

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This black and white panoramic photograph of World War II soldiers from Company D, 8th Battalion, Ft. Belvoir depicts the training class of 1942. The class photograph takes up the top half of the photograph and is made up of a posed group of soldiers standing and sitting on bleachers five deep. The front row holds a flag with a dark background and light colored letters that read "RTC/ 8D". Between the RTC and the 8D is a castle. The flag is mounted on a pole which is held horizontally by soldiers in the front row. One man, Alphonso Coles, is circled in black ink. The bottom half of the photograph is divided into five sections; four smaller inset images and a list of names as well as the company name "CO. D, 8th BATTALION/ Engineer Replacement Training Center/ Fort Belvoir, Virginia 1942.

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