Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Soldier feeds a puppy from a baby bottle during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [unreadable] Text from original nitrate sleeve: US Army-Navy Maneuvers off the coast of southern California; A-10(a) Barbeau, Byron M. Lt. Col.; A-10(b) LSM 219; A-3(c) Thanksgiving Dinner (K-ration); A-4 (b) Same as above; A-5 (b) Chapman, H.O. Capt. (Batt. Commdr.) (17th); A-21 (b) Tutt, Alvin, Lt. Commdr. (Beachmaster); A-7 (b) Mitchell, Robert Lt. & Sgt. Ray Cushing (sonic equipment)
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
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ark:/21198/zz00280p9q
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Lifestyle Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles War Bottles Military maneuvers--California--Los Angeles Animals Dogs--California--Los Angeles United States. Navy United States. Army
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