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Air-Borne Invasion Tank Testing at Indianapolis Branch

Date: 1944
Description: A worker sits behind the control panel of an Army air-borne invasion tank to test the vehicle under simulated combat conditions.
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International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck on a highway with an industrial area in the background. Original caption reads...
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International Truck

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck (tractor-trailer) on a road with a hazy view of a bridge, a body of water and ...
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KR-11 Truck with Refrigerated Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with refrigerated semi-trailer (semi truck) parked next to a box car near a warehouse building. Original caption reads: "Meat and...
Photograph

International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International truck tractor on an urban highway. A bridge, houses and industrial buildings are in the b...
Document

International Harvester Company Annual Report

Date: 1944
Description: Cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a photograph of Marines using International Harvester equipment during the invasion of ...
Poster

All Working for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: Wartime poster advocating people to "Join the Victory Farm Volunteers," featuring an illustration of military planes flying over a man working with a Farma...
Poster

All Working for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: Wartime poster advocating people to "Join the Victory Farm Volunteers." The poster features an illustration of Naval officers loading a cannon above an ill...
Poster

Food for Fighters Everywhere

Date: 1944
Description: Wartime poster advocating people to "Join the Victory Farm Volunteers." The poster features an illustration of a cargo ship and Army truck set against that...
Photograph

Army Nurse Killed in Action

Date: 1944
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ellen G. Ainsworth, published in the Milwaukee Sentinel. She was an Army nurse killed in action on February 16th, 194...
Photograph

Paratrooper Private Johnny Jump

Date: 1944
Description: View of a paratrooper just about to jump from the side door of a warplane. He is wearing the full kit and is carrying a rifle. It is likely that this is a ...
Photograph

Robert Doyle Reading

Date: 1944
Description: Robert Doyle as he reads and writes indoors. He is wearing a bracelet (perhaps an ID) on his right wrist, and is holding a cigarette. Another man sitting b...
Photograph

Three Men and a Jeep

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Robert Doyle, wearing a hat and pants, sitting at the wheel of a jeep along with a man in the passenger seat. Another man is leaning agai...
Photograph

Two Soldiers and a Jeep

Date: 1944
Description: Two soldiers use the hood of a jeep as a desk as they view some papers. One man is a First Sergeant and the other has insignia on his collar but is obscure...
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Three Soldiers in Hospital Pajamas

Date: 1944
Description: Three soldiers in hospital pajamas gaze up at the sky. The middle soldier is on crutches, and the soldier on the left leans on a tent rope. A jeep, more te...
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Robert Doyle Napping

Date: 1944
Description: Dick Hanley, of YANK Army Weekly magazine, snapped this photo of Robert Doyle taking a nap on the L-shaped desk in what appears to be a room used by...
Photograph

Dick Hanley

Date: 1944
Description: Casual portrait of photographer Sergeant Dick Hanley, smiling broadly and perched on the spare tire of a jeep, of YANK Army Weekly magazine. In his ...
Photograph

War Correspondent's Gag Photo

Date: 1944
Description: Four war correspondents pose for a gag photo. Identified (left to right) Frank Morris, Collier's Magazine; Harold Smith, Chicago Tribune; Ray...
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Tank Fording a River

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of a tank fording a river. Two soldiers are standing in the hatches on the gun turret, with another soldier in a partially opened hatch below...
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Robert Doyle Standing on Tank

Date: 1944
Description: Robert Doyle standing on a tank. A soldier is peering out of a hatch behind him on the right. A power pole and trees are in the background.

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