The Very Large Array has been used in C configuration to map an area simila
r or equal to 0.3 deg(2) at 1.4 GHz with 5 sigma sensitivities of 0.305, 0.
325, 0.380, and 0.450 mJy beam(-1) over four equal subareas. Radio properti
es are presented for 62 detected sources. Deep optical imaging to Gunn r si
milar or equal to 25 mag using the Hale 5 m telescope covering similar or e
qual to 0. 21 deg(2) is reported for a subset of 43 sources. This optical f
ollow- up is much deeper than that of existing larger area radio surveys of
similar radio sensitivity. Archival J-, H-, and K- band photometry from th
e Two- Micron All Sky Survey is also presented. Using a robust likelihood r
atio technique, we optically identified 26 radio sources with probabilities
greater than or equal to 80%, nine with uncertain/ ambiguous detections, a
nd eight with empty fields. Comparisons with a stellar synthesis model that
includes radio emission and dust reddening suggest that the near- infrared
- optical emission in a small, bright subsample is reddened by "optically t
hin" dust with absorption A(V) similar or equal to 2-2.5 mag, regardless of
morphological type. This is consistent with other, more direct determinati
ons of absorption. The radio- optical(- near- infrared) flux ratios of earl
y- type galaxies require significant contamination in the radio by an activ
e galactic nucleus, consistent with the current paradigm. Using our simple
modeling approach, we also discuss a potential diagnostic for selecting ult
raluminous infrared galaxies to z similar or equal to from microjansky radi
o surveys.