US equipment and vehicles loaded into LST during training in California on 8 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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815. US servicemen with vehicles, antitank guns and an M7 Priest inside an LST [Landing Ship, Tank] during training exercises. '3-8-44. Weber. Long shot of tank deck loaded with vehicles and men of 323rd Inf. practice operation, Avila, California. 168-L-44-813.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Weber. Avila Beach, California. 8 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:
Landing craft--American--California
Military training--California
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--California