Military bases

Aerial photograph of Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia.

Aerial photograph of Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia.

Aerial photograph of Quantico Marine Base, Quantico, Virginia.

Group of unidentified Marines standing in front of a biplane at Quantico, Virginia. Two children are also in the photo, presumably standing next to their father.

Group of unidentified Marines working on a project at the Marine Corps School, Quantico, Virginia.

Captain James E. Webb, USMC (third from the right) and other officers and aviators at Quantico, Virginia, standing in front of a biplane.

United States Marine Corps officers and others at the Quantico Base during a presentation of a Distinguished Flying Award to an officer. All are unidentified.

Marine infantrymen advance under cover of the amphibious and heavily armored landing craft as they approach a sham "enemy" concrete emplacement. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Naval pre-invasion bombardment, simulated by static demolitions, precedes the onslaught of the Marine amphibious invasion. Clouds of ominous smoke from the high explosives dissipate and conceal the "enemy" emplacements. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

Bazooka men, highly specialized and exactingly trained assault men, prepare to send a rocket explosive shell screaming into an embrasure of the "enemy" concrete pillbox seen over the turret of the amphibious assault vehicle (upper right) in this photo, taken at the Marine Corps School at Quantico, Virginia.