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First Lieutenant Eric Hurley directs Lance Corporal John Fleming in the onloading of an Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) from CHARLEY Company, 1ST TANKS, onboard Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1617 in support of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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First Lieutenant Eric Hurley directs Lance Corporal John Fleming in the onloading of an Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) from CHARLEY Company, 1ST TANKS, onboard Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1617 in support of Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations

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Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97

Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Major Command Shown: CHARLEY CO. 1ST TANKS

Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shawn Torgerson, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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Tanks in mass culture. Tanks were first developed separately and simultaneously by Great Britain and France as a means to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. Their first use in combat was by the British Army in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. The name "tank" was adopted by the British during the early stages of their development, as a security measure to conceal their purpose.

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24/06/1997
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The U.S. National Archives
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