View of Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor with LePlant-Choate bulldozer clearing debris at Cassino, Italy during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from Washington Office (WBT). Their letter, 12-13-44. Model, D8. Description of work, Cassino, Italy. 'Caterpillar' diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer clearing debris in Cassino the day after the city fell to the Allies on May 18th. In the background is Hangman's Hill where heavy fighting occurred earlier in the campaign. Credit: Signal Corp photo." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
