Name/Title
Operation Ivory Soap training - J-Boats on Review at Grand Hotel, Point Clear, AL 1944Description
During Operation Ivory Soap in 1944-1945, these J-Boats are "on review" during a training exercise. Over 5,000 Army Air Corps personnel received their seamanship training at the Grand Hotel, Point Clear, AL before shipping out on modified Liberty Ships (converted into ARU-F's = Aircraft Repair Units-Floating) headed for Japan during the latter part of World War II.Create Date
March 19, 2022Update Date
March 19, 2022