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Title
D11352-13
Date(s)
- 1941-05-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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On May 19, 1941, unidentified soldiers try to fill the time before supper with a game of cards as they caravan from Fort Lewis to California to participate in war games. 23,000 officers and men travelled in 4,000 motorized vehicles over two routes, clogging the highways as they travelled. They would drive only from 5a.m. to 12 noon, leaving the roads to civilians in the afternoons and evenings. It would take the troops six days to reach the war games site, setting up camp each night in between. (T. Times 5/14/1941, pg. 1; 5/20/41, pg. 1-photo)
World War, 1939-1945--Military mobilizations; Troop movements--1940-1950;