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Diagram of the early DUKW from the US Army Service ManualEarly DUKW engaged in training, United States, 1940-1944Older DUKW of HQ Company of US Army Amphibious Training Center loaded with troops during training exercise, date unknown; note straight windscreen and manual bilge pump on foredeck next to shovelUS Army DUKW transporting an artillery piece, 1940s; note splash guard mounted on front and the lack of driver
Diagram of the early DUKW from the US Army Service ManualEarly DUKW engaged in training, United States, 1940-1944Older DUKW of HQ Company of US Army Amphibious Training Center loaded with troops during training exercise, date unknown; note straight windscreen and manual bilge pump on foredeck next to shovelUS Army DUKW transporting an artillery piece, 1940s; note splash guard mounted on front and the lack of driver
Dash of a DUKW, post May 1943US Army DUKW loaded with oil drums coming ashore at Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943General Bernard Montgomery of UK 8th Army in Sicily, Italy, Jul or Aug 1943; note Willys MB and two GMC DUKW vehiclesWith LST-1 in background, US Army Engineers hauled a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943
Dash of a DUKW, post May 1943US Army DUKW loaded with oil drums coming ashore at Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943General Bernard Montgomery of UK 8th Army in Sicily, Italy, Jul or Aug 1943; note Willys MB and two GMC DUKW vehiclesWith LST-1 in background, US Army Engineers hauled a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943
Loaded US Army DUKW shoving off from stores ship, 1940sTraining photo of a DUKW converted to a mat-laying vehicle, circa 1944.US Army DUKW landing on a beach with troops, 1940s; note M1 Garand riflesUS Army DUKW moving through a flooded town, the Netherlands, 1944
Loaded US Army DUKW shoving off from stores ship, 1940sTraining photo of a DUKW converted to a mat-laying vehicle, circa 1944.US Army DUKW landing on a beach with troops, 1940s; note M1 Garand riflesUS Army DUKW moving through a flooded town, the Netherlands, 1944
US Army Lieutenant General Mark Clark posing with his brigade commanders in front of a DUKW, 1944US Army troops taking cover in a DUKW as they approached a hostile beach, 1940s; note tips of M1 Garand riflesUS Army DUKWs landing under fire on the beaches of Anzio, Italy, 22 Jan 1944US Army DUKWs on the beach at Anzio, Italy, 15 Apr 1944.
US Army Lieutenant General Mark Clark posing with his brigade commanders in front of a DUKW, 1944US Army troops taking cover in a DUKW as they approached a hostile beach, 1940s; note tips of M1 Garand riflesUS Army DUKWs landing under fire on the beaches of Anzio, Italy, 22 Jan 1944US Army DUKWs on the beach at Anzio, Italy, 15 Apr 1944.
DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment.Good view of a Rhino barge as crews drill in English waters prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Rhino barges were an assembly of 180 welded 5x7x5 foot steel boxes powered by 2 outboard motors of 143 hp each.American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944.
DUKWs on the beach at Selsey, West Sussex, England prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note components of the artificial Mulberry Harbors in the background awaiting deployment.Good view of a Rhino barge as crews drill in English waters prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Rhino barges were an assembly of 180 welded 5x7x5 foot steel boxes powered by 2 outboard motors of 143 hp each.American Jeeps being loaded onto LCTs while larger trucks and DUKWs were being loaded onto LSTs, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944LST-357 at a port in southern England being loaded with DUKWs in preparation for the D-Day Normandy invasion, early June 1944.

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