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Imagery: 25 0ct' ber 1945, frames 35 and 37. scale
approximately I:f)2.000 from RG 373. NARA-College Park.
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A CRUl SER TARG~T.550 FEET LONG AND 65 FEET WIDE:
NO READ1 LY Dil ST lNGUISHABLE RAKE STATIONS OR OBSERVER
POINTS FOR T ~ s I TARGET
Al 35 BY 50 FOOT STRUCTURE ON TULE SLOUGH, ISN'T
CLEARLY REL~TEDTO THE NAVY'S USE OF THE SITE
B TARGET CENTEJR FOR ROCKET Fl RING RANGE; 100 FOOT
DIAMETER RIN~CIRCLING A 20 FOOT SQUARE CENTER
BI DIMPLING PRE$ENT, LESS THAN 10 FEET ACROSS. MAY BE
NATURAL OR CRATER FROM HIGH EXPLOSl VES
82 MINOR TRAIL BROM TARGET TO MlRA MONTE SLOUGH
B3 FOOTBRIDGE CROSSING MlRA MONTE SLOUGH
c FLIGHT PATH MARKERS ABOUT 500 FEET APART, ABOUT 10
BY 35 FEET AND RAISED ABOVE THE GROUND SURFACE
D OBSERVER'S POST FOR 'CHECK1 NG THE DEFLECT1 ON OF
ROUNDS' 1.500 FEET FORE OF THE TARGET
E OBSERVER'S PqST FOR "CHECKING THE RANGE OF ROUNDS'
ON WEST BANK OF MlRA MONTE SLOUGH
El STRAl GHT TRAll L FROM OBSERVER'S POST PERPENDICULAR
TO FLIGHT LI~E F SMALL DOCK AND STRUCTURE V I S I BLE, OSTENS l BLY THE
RANGE CONTROL OFF1 CER'S POST
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I PETALUMA 12TH NAVAL DISTRICT
TARGET NO. 9
SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
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1945 AERIAL PHOTO