Bulldozer clearing fighter strip on South Pacific island

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Description

View of bulldozer clearing a fighter strip on a South Pacific island during World War II. Label on back: "Preparing a fighter strip on a South Pacific island for the Seabees, showing conditions after a typical tropical rain. Official U.S. Navy photo." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."

Details

Creator:: United States. Navy
Resource ID:: na032589
Subject:: Bulldozers; 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.