Pushing an army truck onto a pontoon bridge 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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821. US servicemen helping to push an army vehicle a pontoon bridge during training exercises. '3-8-44. Thompson. 323rd Inf equipment and men going on LST boats at Avila Beach, California. 168-L-44-819.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Thompson. Camp San Luis Obispo, 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: 
Military vehicles--American--California
Pontoon bridges--California
Inclined planes--California
Military training--California