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Description:: Veterans in the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme for a sale of Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veterans camping out at the War Assets Administration area in Port Hueneme so they will have first chance at purchasing Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veterans at the War Assets Administration area in Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veterans arriving at Port Hueneme for a sale of Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veteran in the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme for a sale of Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Three sailors scraping paint on a ship 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:: Two military officers wade through the water 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. There are big ships in the background.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Military personnel practice a water rescue as part of 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:: Military personnel practice a water rescue 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

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