Colonel E.H. Besse receiving keys for 40,000th Dodge truck built for the U.S. Army
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Description
View of Colonel E.H. Besse receiving keys for the 40,000th Dodge military truck manufactured for the U.S. Army, from W.J. O'Neil, President, Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation. Rows of military trucks are parked in background; men stand on platform decorated with bunting and American flags. Sign on truck reads: "40,000 Dodge Army truck." Label on back: "Col. E.H. Besse, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Quartermaster Depot, Fort Wayne, Michigan, receives from W.J. O'Neil, President, Dodge Division, Chrysler Corporation, the keys for the 40,000th truck built by that company for the U.S. Army during the last 12 months. With Col. Besse is Major E.A. Suttles, Chief Army Inspector. From: Press Bureau, Ross Roy, Inc., Detroit, Michigan."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032345
- Subject:
- Military trucks
- Chrysler Corporation. Dodge Division
- Dodge trucks
- United States. Army
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Trucks/Group shots, 89:21
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.