Caterpillar diesel D7 tractor with LeTourneau bulldozer assisting trailer truck out of the mud, Normandy, France

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View of Caterpillar diesel D7 tractor with LeTourneau bulldozer assisting trailer truck out of the mud in Normandy, 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 bulldozer assisting a trailer truck out of the mud at an Ordnance Depot in Normandy, France. Credit: Signal Corps photo." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."

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Creator:: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Resource ID:: na032557
Subject:: Caterpillar tractors; Bulldozers; Trucks; Trailers; 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:: 45961
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.