A Sherman tank enters an LSM during training exercises in Virginia in May 1944

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
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A Sherman tank drives through ocean water to enter LSM-201 [Landing Ship, Medium]. "File No: 45611. Released: May 23, 1944. A medium tank approaches the ramp of an LSM, new type of Navy landing craft, during mock invasion maneuvers on the beaches near the Amphibious Training Base, Camp Bradford, Va. [Virginia], May 11, as Army and Navy officers attached to the Army-Navy Staff College, Washington, watches the proceedings." Virginia Beach, Virginia. May 1944

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Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
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Virginia Beach
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36.850
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-75.967
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Landing craft--American--Virginia
Tanks (Military science)--American--Virginia
Military training--Virginia