Morro Bay Naval installation and training equipment in California on 26 February 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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US servicemen lined up to board LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] from a training platform built with training walls to climb down into boats mimicking the sides of a ship; CCKWs in foreground. "2-26-44. Hussey. Morro Bay Naval installation, forming first wave of 322nd [322nd Infantry Regiment]. 1st wave mission is to take Yellow Beach, Morro Bay, California. 168-L-44-685." Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Hussey. Morro Bay, California. 26 February 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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Morro Bay
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35.350
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-120.833
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Naval yards & naval stations--California