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Marines Unloading Supplies
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Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to unload supplies and equipment from a ship. Many ships are in the water in the background. The original caption reads: "LANDING OPERATIONS----Supplies and heavy equipment are unloaded ashore on Okinawa Shima on Love Day plus 4. The International TD-18 Diesel TracTracTor in the foreground aids unloading operations."
1945
International Harvester Company
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WHi 64120
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Unloading Marine Supplies
1945
Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and dozer shovel loader to unload supplies on a beach. A ship is in the background. The original caption reads: "Towing four thousand...
U.S. Marines and TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractors
1944
Marine driving an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) off of a landing craft at Cape Gloucester. The original caption reads: "When the first waves of Marines hit Cape Gloucest...
Soldier Shoveling Mud Off Crawler Tractor
1945
Marine Private First Class Gilbert E. Bailey shovels heavily caked mud from the tracks of his International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The original caption reads: "WHO'S GOT A TOOT...
Marines Pulling Trailer from Mud
1945
Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull an ammunition trailer from the mud. The original caption reads: "JAPANESE ALLY--The island is tactically 'secured' bu...
Marines Loading Truck
1945
Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a dozer shovel loader to fill a truck parked on a beach. A ship is in the water behind the truck. The original caption reads: "Q...
Battle at Iwo Jima
1945
Marines dig foxholes into the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima. The men are surrounded by military equipment, including a crane. An International Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) is in the backg...
