Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor towing sleds of rations

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Description

View of Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor towing three sleds of rations during World War II. Stamped on back: "Signal Corps photo. Please credit. Released for publication by Bureau of Public Relations, War Department." Label on back: "Three sleds of rations in tandem are towed by a D-8 tractor along road to the dump." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."

Details

Creator:: United States. Army. Signal Corps
Resource ID:: na032578
Subject:: Caterpillar tractors; Sleds; Operational rations (Military supplies); World War, 1939-1945; 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, Bulldozers, 86:2
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.