US servicemen on deck of LST during training exercises in California on 8 March 1944
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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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807. US servicemen on deck of LST [Landing Ship, Tank] receiving instructions to abandon ship during training exercises. '3-8-44. Weber. 'Abandon Ship' movement by men of 323rd Inf during practice loading of LST in harbor, Avila, Calif. (Long shot) two crewmen of LST at 20mm anti-aircraft gun in foreground. 168-L-44-805.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Weber. Camp San Luis Obispo, California. 8 March 1944
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$120.00
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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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Landing craft--American--California
Sailors--American--California
Soldiers--American--California
Antiaircraft guns--American--California
Military training--California