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Default Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
I have always liked the contrast of the old and new . The passing of one type of warfare to the more modern.

General George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, as he disembarks from his aircraft at Esler Field in 1941. General's Ben Lear and Jacob Dever's are waiting on the Chief of Staff. Photo Credit: Rickey Robertson Collection

Red attack bombers zoom upward after bombing Mount Carmel and strafing it with machine-gun fire. Planes came over again and again to delay and confuse Blues in organizing newly won Positions. Trucks in clearing should have been put under trees immediately and were ruled out of action. With anti-aircraft protection planes might have been shotdown, too. Photo Credit: Dmitri Kessel/Ralph Morse/TIMEPIX
Mock orchard is painted on runways. Camouflage like this deceives camera at 15,000 ft., visual observation at 10,000 ft., below which anti-aircraft fire prohibits reconnaissance. Photo Credit: Dmitri Kessel/Ralph Morse/TIMEPIX
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