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Title
More wallop than a sledge-hammer
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
Date Created and/or Issued
1949
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated November 3, 1949 reads, "That's a 105-mm assault gun on this Sherman Tank of the 310th Armored Cavalry Regiment of Hollywood, with Tank Commander Lt. Weston Cooley, of 15116 Runnymede St., Van Nuys, on top. At left is Lt. Ray Davis Jr. of Los Angeles, and right, Lt. Andrew Dreger Jr. of Long Beach. Valley men who were in such combat branches as infantry, armor, artillery or calvary are urged to join 310th. They receive two days pay per month for training. Telephone M/Sgt. Harold T. Richards at GRanite 1308 for information."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00111285
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d011_f4_i8
CARL0005255258
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45766
Subject
United States.--Army.--Armored Cavalry Regiment
Armories--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Artillery--United States
Sherman tank
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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