15 pictures of the Texas Defense Guard 44th Battalion from Nacogdoches training at a High School in San Augustine County. The photographs show the unit training with personal rifles and shotguns and wearing several variations of uniforms. One of these pictures appears above the door at Black Rifle Coffee in North Richland Hills, Texas.
Citation: Vachon, John, photographer. San Augustine, Texas. The Texas Defense Guard. San Augustine San Augustine County United States Texas, 1943.
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