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Marines use International Crawler Tractor to Transport Supplies
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U.S. Marines using an International Harvester TracTracTor to transport supplies through muddy soil. Original caption reads: "Soil, principally sandy-mud, and daily rain storms were tough on the Marines during their first days on Bougainville. Jeeps and trucks were unable to get through to the front lines with food and ammunition and International diesel crawlers and trailers had to be used until the engineers and Seabees could surface roads with coral from the sea." Official U.S. Marine Corps photo.
1944
United States. Marine Corps
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U.S. Marines Using International Crawler Tractor
1944
Marines ride through a creek on a trailer pulled by an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor).
U.S. Marines Using International Crawler Tractors
1944
U.S. Marines using International crawler tractors (TracTracTors). The photo caption reads: "Marines 'mopping up' on Namur Island in the Marshalls use their bulldozers to flush Jap snipers out of ...
Marines Using International TD-9 Tractor to Search for the Enemy
1944
Two U.S. Marines using an International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and bulldozer to search for Japanese soldiers on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Original caption reads: ...
Marines Use TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractor
1944
U.S. Marines using an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and bulldozer on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll during World War II. The original caption reads: "Jap Hunting Bulldozer - Marin...
Seabees with International TD-18
1944
Seabees at Camp Rousseau train to use an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer. Various vehicles and machinery are in the background. The original capti...
Marines Looking for Japanese Soldiers with TD-9 Crawler Tractor
1944
Marines using an International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and bulldozer to hunt Japanese soldiers on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Original caption reads: "The Jap pillbo...
