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Description:: Camp Ord was the tent city that served as barracks for Fort Ord soldiers during World War Two.
Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Possibly taken shortly after Brigadier General Pegram Whitworth's retirement.
Date:: [between August 1 and September 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Captain David C. Morrison talking on his radio on the beach 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.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: "Army Defense Week" is incorrect on the negative sleeve. The committee was meeting for Army Day, not National Defense Week which took place earlier in February of that year.
Date:: March 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Colonel Arthur N. Jorgensen from the 160th Infantry watches for air raids during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:: February 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Colonel Holden and Captain Smith stand together during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:: February 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Colonel Robert E. Frith was the prohibition administrator for district 22 from 1925-1926 which covered Southern California and Arizona.
Date:: [between 1925 and 1930?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Disassembled version of the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:: February 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Douglas 038 plane flying through a gas smoke screen during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:: February 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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