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First the Camp, Then the Sandbags

A group of men filling sandbags in an assembly line
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Description: Painting, Watercolor on Paper; by John Charles Roach; 1991; Framed Dimensions 30H X 39W
Accession #: 91-049-L
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Seabees and Marines fill sandbags.  Believe it or not, sand must be imported from the desert because the hard surface rock on which they are camped cannot be dug.

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