'Wounded' men aboard an LCVP during training in Morro Bay, California on 25 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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717. Servicemen sitting with men pretending to be wounded onboard an LCVP during amphibious training exercises. "2-25-44. Henschel. Wounded' infantrymen carefully laid in V. P. are being evacuated from beach by Navy personnel. 'Casualties' are from 1st Bn, 322nd Inf. Operation in Yellow Beach, Morro Bay California. 168-L-44-715." Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Henschel. Morro Bay, California. 25 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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Landing craft--American--California
Medical personnel--American--California
Military training--California