Workers grading campsite with Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer
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View of workers grading campsite with Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer during construction of the Alaska Highway during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from United States Army. Date taken, 1942. Model, D8. Description of work, The Alaskan Highway, 'Caterpillar,' diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate trailbuilder grading at a campsite. Construction workers are in camp for their evening meal." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."