US soldiers eat onboard the deck of an LST during training exercises 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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806. US soldiers eat food from mess kits onboard the deck of an LST [Landing Ship, Tank] during training exercises; Coca-Cola bottles in foreground. '3-8-44. Bradlor. Anti-tank Co men from the 323rd eat chow in style aboard an LST at Avila Beach, California. 168-L-44-804.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Bradlor. 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
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Eating & drinking--California
Landing craft--American--California
Military training--California