Infantry-trained engineers sprint across newly built bridge
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 16, 1962 reads "Dual training calls for construction and combat support at Camp Roberts." The article partially reads "Southland Army reservists are mobilized to wage mock warfare in the weather-bleached mountains of this famed World War II training camp." The bridge was built across the Nacimiento River. Camp Roberts is in Central California.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Infantry Replacement Training Center (Camp Roberts, Calif.) United States.--Army Reserve--Infantry--Drill and tactics Men--California--Camp Roberts Soldiers--United States Military training camps--California--Camp Roberts War games--California--Camp Roberts Armed Forces--Reserves--Infantry Military uniforms Bridges--California--Camp Roberts Rivers--California--Camp Roberts Trees--California--Camp Roberts Nacimiento River (Calif.) Camp Roberts (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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