Killer dogs guard Valley's only Nike-Hercules Base
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated December 19, 1958 reads, "Fierce sentries - M/Sgt. Ben Mullins excites his team of sentry dogs at Oat Mountain guided missile center near Chatsworth. Missile in background is Nike-Hercules which has capability of destroying entire squadron of enemy bombers with one atomic burst. Dogs are used to guard base from possible night time intruders."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Army Guided missile bases--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles) Watchdogs--California--Los Angeles Antiaircraft missiles--United States Military weapons--United States Mountains--California, Southern Soldiers--United States German shepherd dog--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Air weapons Nike rocket Santa Suana Mountains (Calif.) Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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