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Photograph article dated October 2, 1964 partially reads, "One of the most unusual military training aids - an authentic Vietnamese village - has been constructed at the huge Marine Corps training base at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside. And it has all been done under the direction of a North Hollywood Marine captain - Nick Carter, of 10507 Sarah St. Carter, head of counter-intelligence training at the base, and a hand-picked crew of Korean and Viet Nam veterans, built the village complete with thatched huts, natives, goats, chickens and a complete array of spikelined man traps and the dreaded panji traps. Tables and beds throughout the village are rigged with booby traps. Two two-acre site also contains numerous tunnels and hiding places for enemy guerrilla fighters and supplies. All Marines at Camp Pendleton receive the highly specialized three-week training course to prepare them 'for the tough, dirty war being fought in Viet Nam.'" See image 00147144 for additional photo in this series. Photograph caption reads, "Find guerrilla - Marines searching a barnyard in a replica Vietnamese village at Camp Pendleton find a guerrilla in a tunnel. Cpl. C. A. Garrison, left, Reseda, is undergoing the special counter-guerrilla warfare at the Marine base. The Marines detected metal cover and found tunnel." See image 00147143 for additional photo in this series.
United States.--Marine Corps Simulation methods--California--Oceanside Rifles--California--Oceanside Firearms--California--Oceanside Tunnel detection--California--Oceanside Tunnels--California--Oceanside Men--California--Oceanside Soldiers--United States Marines--United States Military uniforms Armed Forces Camp Pendleton (Calif.) Oceanside (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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