Military jeep being unloaded from amphibious truck (DUKW) into GMC Army truck
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Description
View of a military jeep being unloaded from a DUKW amphibious vehicle into a GMC Army truck. Label on back: "The Army's newest and most unique military vehicle, the amphibian truck, is the latest surprise to be handed the Axis. This remarkable vehicle is now in volume production at the factories of General Motors Truck and Coach. Here, a 'jeep' is being unloaded from the 'duck' into a 2-1/2 ton 'six by six' GMC Army truck, also built by General Motors Truck and Coach. (Approved by the War Department, Bureau of Public Relations.)" Handwritten on back: "Amphibious vehicles."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032409
- Subject:
- Motor vehicles, Amphibious
- GMC Duck (Military truck)
- Military trucks
- Jeep automobile
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Amphibious vehicles--Tanks, trucks, Ducks, tractors, cars, etc., 85:14
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.