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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction. Activities at Camp Yumuri, the Alpha 66 military training camp in the Mojave Desert, including visits by instructors, students, journalists, young professionals and the local Sheriff. The camp was used to prepare members for military combat in Cuba against Fidel Castro, if the situation should arise. Alpha 66 is an anti-communist organization working for the liberation of Cuba. The group was formed by Cuban exiles. Alpha signifies the beginning and the group started with 66 people.
Type
image
Format
3 photographic prints :color ;5 x 7 cm. on sheet 17 x 12 cm. Photographic prints
Alpha 66 (Organization) Anti-communist movements--United States Militia movements--United States Military training camps--United States Mojave Desert Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
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