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  • Minutes of Meeting of State Advisory Board on Law Enforcement

    Excerpt from meeting minutes of the State Advisory Board on Law Enforcement; Discussion on the return of Japanese and interactions with servicemen

    Date: January 5, 1945

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 218

    Caption: "155 M/M Guns -- Camp Lewis," c. 1920. Scene with several 155 millimeter caliber field guns ready for transport at Camp Lewis, Washington.

    Date: 1920

  • McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 196

    Caption: "6" Disappearing Gun," c. 1915. Side view of a 6" disappearing gun in a barbette (gun emplacement). Retracting or disappearing guns were a form of artillery developed in the nineteenth century in which heavy artillery guns were placed on rotating carriages that allowed retraction of the weapon after firing, to enable reloading while under enemy fire.

    Date: 1915