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Any "Boat" in an Emergency

Soldiers transport the wounded in a rubber raft
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Description: Painting, Oil on Canvas; by David Stone Martin; C. 1943; Framed Dimensions 28H X 45W
Accession #: 88-159-II as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories
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Though not as easily handled as boats, rubber life rafts serve admirably to transport wounded from beach to ship where the shore is too shallow for craft with deeper draught. This one is used in maneuvers at Camp Lejeune.

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