U.S. Coast Guardsmen driving amphibious truck in training maneuver
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Description
View of U.S. Coast Guardsmen driving an amphibious truck during a training maneuver. Typed on back: "From: Public Relations Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. Roaring in, U.S. Coast Guardsmen drive their powerful, amphibious 'duck truck' ashore through the surf. The two-and-a-half ton vehicles are designed to carry troops and supplies in invasion, and represents a new wrinkle since the days when Coast Guardsmen participated in the invasion of the Solomons and North Africa. This picture was taken during maneuvers on the East Coast." Handwritten on back: "Amphibious vehicles."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032437
- Subject:
- Motor vehicles, Amphibious
- United States. Coast Guard
- 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., 85:15
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.