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Title
D11352-10
Date(s)
- 1941-05-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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An unidentified soldier uses a mirror and a razor to shave during an overnight bivouac enroute from Fort Lewis to California. Over 36,000 troops were being transported to participate in war games. The 23,000 travelling by motor vehicles would take six days to arrive, beginning travel at 5 a.m. each day and stopping at 12 noon to set up camp. The reduced travelling hours were designed so as not to disrupt motor travel completely in Washington and Oregon. (T. Times 5/14/1941)
World War, 1939-1945--Military mobilizations; Troop movements--1940-1950;