Dry-Land "Boat" Helps Soldiers Learn Landing Tactics

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Lack of a transport ship and ocean beach does not deter men of the 53rd Infantry at Camp Ord, Calif., from going in for landing party exercises. Scaffolding with a net draped over one side, which the men call “black beauty,” is made to simulate high-sea conditions by rocking and pitching it with ropes and pulleys. On the order to “go over the side,” soldiers scramble down the net and into a small boat underneath as though they were actually in the act of making a landing.

Title (Dublin Core)
Dry-Land "Boat" Helps Soldiers Learn Landing Tactics
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Dry-Land "Boat" Helps Soldiers Learn Landing Tactics
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1941-07
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 76, n. 1, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
82
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Fort Ord
California
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America