86 items in this album on 5 pages.
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LST unloading vehicles and supplies on the beach in Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943; note Ford GPW Jeep in foreground | Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-391 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 1 of 2 | With LST-1 in background, US Army Engineers hauled a roll of wire mesh into position to make a beach roadway, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943 | B-24J Liberator “Our Baby” of the 27th Bomb Squadron at Funafuti Airfield, Gilbert Islands, Dec 1943. |
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United States Coast Guard-manned LST beaching at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Islands, Dec 1943 | Convoy of US Army CCKW 2 1/2 ton 6x6 cargo trucks, probably in the United States during training, date unknown | Technical drawing of GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 open cab long wheel base transport without winch, 1943 or later | US Army 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck towing a piece of field artillery through heavy mud in the South Pacific, date unknown; bumper markings showed 98th Division, 369th Field Artillery |
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Late GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 open cab short wheel base transport with winch, Jan 1944 | Piper L-4 Grasshopper observation aircraft on a 2.5 ton CCKW truck in preparation for the D-Day landings. Devon, England, United Kingdom, Feb 12 1944. | Six US Navy LSTs loading men and equipment during a practice landing near Lae, New Guinea, 10 Apr 1944; note M4 Sherman tank, Dodge Weapons Carrier, GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 trucks | A Rhino barge loaded with men and equipment during exercises in southern England, United Kingdom, prior to the Normandy invasion, May 1944. Note the barge’s two large outboard motors and tethered barrage balloon. |
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Busy beachhead, Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, 1944 | Liberty ship unloading two CCKW trucks and other supplies onto a Rhino cargo barge off the Normandy beaches, Jun 1944. | US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2 | US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck with Browning M2 machine gun preparing to be loaded aboard an LST prior to the Normandy invasion, southern England, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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US Pilots of 380th Fighter Squadron, 363rd Fighter Group with P-51D Mustang 'Fools Paradise IV' at Maupertus Airfield, Cherbourg, France, Jul-Aug 1944; note Jeep and CCKW fuel truck | US LSTs 284, 380, 382, and 499 loading men, vehicles, and supplies for the upcoming Normandy Invasion in Brixham Harbor, Devon, England, Jun 1 1944. Note wings and fuselage of an Aeronca L-3 Grasshopper observation aircraft on a CCKW truck. | A United States Navy LST ferrying a US Army field hospital unit toward Omaha Beach, Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944. | LSTs landing vehicles and cargo on a Normandy beach, June 1944, photo 1 of 2 |
86 items in this album on 5 pages.