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Title
Survival school students practice silent swim techniques, Liberal, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-09
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of Images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
Survival school students wear bundles of straw over their camouflage hats and practice silent swim techniques, an attempt to cross a pond discreetly without being detected. The 160-acre camp, better known as the Starlight Training Center in Liberal, Missouri, was owned by Harry Claflin, a former U.S. Marine in Vietnam. The students are U.S. civilians with different backgrounds and professions who paid money in exchange for survivalist training. Claflin also spent time studying the tactics, troop proficiency, and military effectiveness of foreign countries like those in Central America where he trained Guatemalan, Nicaraguan, and Salvadoran special forces.
Los estudiantes de supervivencia usan paja sobre su sombrero de camuflaje. Ellos pracrican técnicas de nado silencioso, intentando cruzar discretamente en un estanque sin ser detectado. El campamento de 160 acres, es conocido como el centro de entrenamiento Starlight en Liberal, Misuri, es la propiedad de Harry Claflin, un ex infante de marina de EE.UU. en Vietnam. Los estudiantes son civiles de los EE.UU. con diferentes antecedentes y profesiones. Los estudiantes pagaron dinero a cambio de un entrenamiento de capacitación de supervivencia. Claflin también dedicó tiempo para estudiar las tácticas, la capacitación de tropas y la efectividad militar de países extranjeros como los de América Central, donde entrenó fuerzas especiales guatemaltecas, nicaragüenses y salvadoreñas.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B16.04.05.24
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/3842
Subject
Documentary photographs
Camps
Survivalism
Camouflage (Military science)
Place
Liberal (Mo.)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B16.04.05.24.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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