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Tanks and Military Vehicles at Bettendorf Works

Date: 1942
Description: U.S. military equipment lined up outside International Harvester's Bettendorf Works. Pictured left to right are a M-5 prime mover (1st design), a M-5 prime...
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U.S. Coast Guard Women and Man with International Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Female members of the U.S. Coast Guard posing with a male officer and an International K-1 truck outside a garage. The Coast Guard had many International t...
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U.S. Coast Guard in International Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Four members of the U.S. Coast Guard looking out from the back of an International K-6 truck parked on a city street.
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International-Built U.S. Army Dump Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Dump truck built by International Harvester for the U.S. Army.
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U.S. Military Crawler Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Men, possibly soldiers, driving an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The photograph was taken by F.J. Delaney for International Harvester Compan...
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International Model M-5-6 Truck

Date: 1942
Description: International Model M-5-6 truck manufactured for the U.S. Army at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works in Indiana.
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International H-542-9 Military Truck

Date: 1942
Description: International H-542-9 5-ton military truck.
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The Buna Campaign

Date: 1942
Description: Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea.
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Harvester Battalion

Date: 1942
Description: A group of men from Tractor Works who joined the "Harvester Battalion" sit on a military vehicle and raise their arms for a group portrait.
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Camp Perry Classroom

Date: 1942
Description: A group of soldiers gather in a large classroom at Camp Perry for a class on crawler tractors. A blackboard and various military vehicles are in the backgr...
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National Defense Photo Montage

Date: 1942
Description: Montage of machines and armaments produced by International Harvester for the war effort. Included are images of jeeps, crawler tractors (TracTracTors), an...
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International Harvester Maintenance Battalion Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Advertising proof illustrating International Harvester's contribution to the war effort through the forming of maintenance battalions to service Internatio...
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Soldiers with Stuck Jeep

Date: 1942
Description: Soldiers from the 14th Infantry work to move a stuck Jeep from deep mud. One man in uniform with a cigarette in his mouth is leaning down over the wheel ho...
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Indigenous Boys Help Soldiers

Date: 1942
Description: Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ...
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New Guinea Coast

Date: 1942
Description: View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline...

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