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Fort Story coast defense. The men and the guns defending America. Fort Story, Virginia

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 2374.

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virginia virginia beach fort story safety film negatives lot 1971 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo fort story coast defense office of war information farm security administration gun artillery united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1942
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Library of Congress
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https://www.loc.gov/
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Public Domain

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virginia virginia beach fort story safety film negatives lot 1971 alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo fort story coast defense office of war information farm security administration gun artillery united states history library of congress