U.S. Army

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the night before being shipped to Vietnam....

c. 1965

Signage used by the US Army during the Vietnam War. "US Army Transition Point 23"

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1964

One of many signs posted around Building 590 at the Oakland Army Base during the Vietnam War. Building 590 was used as a place were troops would spend the

night before being shipped to...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "The overseas movement of millions of tons of cargo and thousands of troops has been managed by base transportation professionals over the years. The last...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "When ocean transportation was the dominant method of overseas movement, passenger trains often pulled right onto the dock to facilitate the exchange...

1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Buses, trains, trucks and ships. Soldiers, materiel and equipment load up for the month-long voyage to South East Asia in 1965." Photo shows a dock near...

2-Feb-41

Feb 2 - 1941. Oakland Army Base.

(D. Curry, 12/4/98) Official U.S. Army stamp on the back of the print. Handwritten, "Feb. 2, 1941, Oakland Army Base." On the front of the photo at the...

4-Sep-44

photograph. Description: 185 Photographs,about the San Francisco Mostly 1960's and 1970's.

Official U.S. Signal Corps photograph. 1944.

(D. Curry, 12/2/98) This photograph was...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Soldiers separated from the army at the transfer point located at Oakland Army Base for many years. Until the mid-1960s, soldiers could purchase rail...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Although troop transport vessels continue to remain part of America's Ready Researve Fleet, transporting soldiers overseas by sea hasn't been a common...

c. 1965

A label across the bottom of the photo, "Trains moved troops directly to the Oakland Army Base piers until the late 1960s." Photo is taken from a fairly high elevation looking down on a dock. On...

1971

A label attached to the front of the photo says "Sign of the times. Beer used to be available in vending machines, a practice discouraged these days. 1971." Photo shows a young soldier- his...

c. 1965

A label attached to the front of the photo says "A tank that just arrived from Vietnam gets a bath." Photo shows to men in overalls and hardhats standing on the edge of a pier with a fire hose...

c. 1965

A label attached to the front of the photo says "A fun-loving NCO takes charge. Generally, anyone with a pen and paper is 'in charge.' 1965." Photo shows an ethnically diverse group of soldiers...

c. 1965

Printed on the back in blue ink, "Official U.S. Army Photograph W2DTAA-F383/PAAV89 (Orig w/o # unknown) Troop billiting. Date of Shoot unknown (Circa 1965). Photos by: Unknown, Oakland Army...

c. 1965

Photos shows a large group of soldiers standing around the back end of a large truck. Two soldiers inside the truck are handing down duffle bags, boxes and foot lockers down off the truck. The...

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