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General Sherwood A. Cheney and Colonel Charles H. Hilton at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1933

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Title: General Sherwood A. Cheney and Colonel Charles H. Hilton at Fort MacArthur, San Pedro, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: October 12, 1933
1933-10-12
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
General Sherwood A. Cheney leading Colonel Charles H. Hilton and other military officers out of headquarters at Fort MacArthur. Cheney commented that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.
Reported in "Fort Defenses here inspected," Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 1933: A16. The article quotes Cheney as saying that the greatest weakness of the post is not guns but lack of men.
Text from negative sleeve: Hilton, C.H. Col.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9518
ark:/21198/zz002dhm2h
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fort MacArthur (Calif.)
Military uniforms--American
Military officers--American--California--San Pedro
Cheney, Sherwood Alfred, 1873-1949
Hilton, Charles H., (Col.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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