Prime mover towing 57mm antitank gun during training 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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765. Army prime mover towing 57mm antitank gun off of ramp and onto beach. '3-7-44. Zoff. 322nd Anti-tank Co showing spade of 57mm anti-tank gun catching on ramp in disembarking from LST. In this way spade is damaged. Avila Beach. 168-L-44-763.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Zoff. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 7 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Military vehicles--American--California
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--California
Military training--California