Bulldozers lined up on pontoon bridge to enter LST during amphibious training exercises at Avila Beach, California on15 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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896. Bulldozers lined up on pontoon bridge to enter LST during amphibious training exercises. '3-15-44. Boll. Equipment lined up on barges during loading of L.S.T. ships. Action took place during maneuvers of 321st Inf Reg, 81st Div. at Avila Beach, California. 168-L-44-899.' Army Signal Corps photograph Photographer: Boll. Avila Beach, California. 15 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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Military training--California
Soldiers--American--California
Bulldozers--California
Pontoon bridges--California
Beaches--California
Hills--American--California