Man operates a machine during Army-Navy maneuvers off the coast of Southern California in late 1946
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Man operates a machine, possibly a flash and sound simulator, 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., Text from original nitrate sleeve: US Army-Navy Maneuvers off the coast of southern California