Caterpillar D7 diesel tractor with LeTourneau angledozer clearing bridge debris, Meurthe River, France
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Description
View of workers with Caterpillar D7 diesel tractor with LeTourneau angledozer clearing debris from a demolished bridge over the Meurthe River, France during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from Washington, D.C. Office. W.B.T.'s. Their letter, 2-12-45. Model, D7. Description of work, 'Caterpillar' diesel D7 tractor with LeTourneau angledozer clearing debris of demolished bridge across the Meurthe River in France. Tractor operated by member of the 7th Army Engineers. Credit: Signal Corps photo." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
Details
- Creator:
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- Resource ID:
- na032570
- Subject:
- Caterpillar tractors
- Bulldozers
- Bridges--War damage--France
- World War, 1939-1945
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Bulldozers, 86:2
- Negative Number:
- 45962
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.