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Camp Calvin B. Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range Camp Matthews or Marine Corps Rifle Range, La Jolla (prior to World War II) [1] or more simply Camp Matthews was a United States Marine Corps military base from 1917 until 1964, when the base was decommissioned and transferred to the University of California to be part of the new University of California, San Diego campus. [2]
Maps of all types were needed, from the strategic level maps to tactical level maps. "Indeed, General George S. Patton claims to have planned Third Army movements by using a Michelin tourist road map of Europe, his knowledge of terrain, and gut-level feeling that tanks could negotiate the ground William the Conqueror had crossed nine centuries ...
In typical use, the route card will not be followed exactly by the party leader but is used as a backup if conditions deteriorate. When following legs on a compass bearing, the estimated time is not usually used as a precise indicator of when the leg is over but as a kind of fail-safe to stop the group from overshooting the actual objective and getting lost.
A road map, route map, or street map is a map that primarily displays roads and transport links rather than natural geographical information. It is a type of navigational map that commonly includes political boundaries and labels, making it also a type of political map .
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID USMC 87506. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements.
Seal of the United States Marine Corps. For more information, see here. Source: Extracted from PDF version of the IAB 2000 annual report (direct PDF URL ), with the motto re-added. Author: U.S. Government: Permission (Reusing this file) Public domain from a copyright standpoint, but other restrictions apply.
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