Prime mover towing 57mm antitank gun out of LST 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
Description:
763. View from top of LST [Landing Ship, Tank], looking down to army prime mover towing 57mm antitank gun out of ship. '3-7-44. Hussey. 57mm towed by 1 ton prime mover debarking from LST at Avila. 1st Bn 322nd Inf returning from 24 hr cruise. 168-L-44-761.' .' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Hussey. Avila Beach, 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:
Pontoon bridges--California
Military vehicles--American--California
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--California
Landing craft--American--California
Military training--California