Military vehicles waiting to be loaded onto an LST during amphibious training exercises at Avila Beach, California on 7 March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift in Memory of Maurice T. White, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum
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770. Line of jeeps waiting to be loaded onto and LST [Landing Ship, Tank] during amphibious training exercises. '3-6-44. J P Johnson. Photo shows Anti-tank Co attached to the 322nd Inf Regt, 81st Div, waiting patiently along the ocean front at Avila Calif. to be loaded onto an LST during practice embarkation operations. 168-L-44-768.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: J P Johnson. Avila Beach, California. 6 March 1944
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From the collection of Maurice T. White, Captain in the 168th Signal Photographic Company, US Army Signal Corps. The collection consists of 2,000+ images of training exercises, predominantly documenting the 81st Infantry Division in the United States in 1944
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Avila Beach
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35.167
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-120.717
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Military training--California
Military vehicles--American--California
Streets--California