US Signal troops operating a field telephone exchange

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Signal troops of the 29th Division operate a BD-72 12 line telephone switchboard in St Lo. This was the command post of Major Johns, 115th Infantry, 29th Division on the 18th of July. It was located in the crypt of Mausoleum Strainer in St-Lo cemetery.

In the foreground stands a GI with his M1 rifle which he has named "Cry Baby"