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D9334-7
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- 1940-01-13 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In this aerial photograph from January 1940, two white Navy transport ships sit at dock in Slip No. One of the Port Industrial Waterway waiting to take on soldiers from Fort Lewis. On Friday January 13th, 7,500 soldiers boarded three transport ships to be carried to California to take part in the largest Army-Navy "war games" exercise ever held on U.S. soil, to that date. When the ships pulled out Saturday morning, Fort Lewis was virtually deserted; only a maintenance staff of a few hundred men stayed behind. (T. Times 1/11/1940, pg. 1)
Aerial photographs; Bays--Washington (State); Commencement Bay (Wash.); Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Logs; Ships;