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Title	Fort Story Coast Artillery Exercises, 1941 - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date	1941-06-10
Time Period	1940s
Description	June 10, 1941 photograph of Battery A (the Walke Battery), 246th Coast Artillery Regiment of the Virginia Army National Guard standing next to a 16-inch howitzer gun during exercises at Fort Story in Princess Anne County (now Virginia Beach), Virginia.
Subjects	Armed Forces Virginia. National Guard Fort Story (Va.) Coastal defenses United States. Army Military exercises Military Installations
Keywords	Virginia Beach, Virginia Princess Anne County, Virginia Armed Forces Fort Story Military Installations Military Training Coastal Defenses Virginia National Guard National Guard US Army 246th Coast Artillery Corps Soldiers Trucks Military Exercises Artillery (Troops) Artillery (Weaponry) Howitzers Guns Cannons
Location	Virginia Beach (Va.)
Location (See also)	Princess Anne County (Va.) Cape Henry (Virginia Beach, Va.)
Photographer	Borjes, Charles Vollmer, Harden David Staff Photo
Company	Virginian-Pilot Newspaper Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch Newspaper
Repository	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection
Host Institution	Norfolk Public Library (Va.)
Copyright Holder	Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection
Usage Rights	This material is copyrighted by the Norfolk Public Library. Reproduction in any form or by any means for reasons other than personal use is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from Norfolk Public Library. For further information or to obtain a high resolution digital copy of this image, please contact the Sargeant Memorial Collection staff at the Norfolk Public Library.
File Name	smc-vp-fnj000118-006.jpg
Genre/Form	Photograph
Type	Still Image
Original Format	Film Negative
Original Dimensions	4 x 5"
Digital Format	JPG
Headline	"Ft. Story Guns Emit 14 Volleys at Sea Target" (article, Virginian-Pilot); "A Message to Davy" (photograph caption, Virginian-Pilot).
Notes	See Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, June 11, 1941 and Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, June 14, 1941. SMC Digitization Phase 2.
Source	From SMC Photograph Collection, FNJ118.
Collection	The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection SMC Photograph Collection
GPS Coordinates	36.927416, -76.00548

Fort Story Coast Artillery Exercises, 1941 - Virginia Beach, Virginia

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