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Cantonment Area, "C" Battery, 740th AAA Battalion, Milagra, California, 8 September 1955

Cantonment Area, "C" Battery, 740th AAA Battalion, Milagra, California, 8 September 1955

The cantonment area of "C" Battery, 740th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, at the Milagra Nike missile site near Pacifica, California, photographed 8 September 1955 by the Sixth Army Photo Lab. Sites like Milagra Ridge formed part of the Cold War ring of air defenses protecting the San Francisco Bay Area from potential Soviet bomber attack. Project: 218645