Caterpillar D7 diesel tractor clearing rubble during bridge rebuilding, Sicily
Description:
View of U.S. Army Engineer troops rebuilding a bridge in Sicily during World War II. Caterpillar diesel D7 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer clears rubble in foreground. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from Road and streets. Their letter, 3-8-44. Model, D7. Description of work, U.S. Army Engineer troop rebuilding a bridge in Sicily. 'Caterpillar' diesel D7 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer cleaning up rubble. Pneumatic drills at work preparing to blast old masonry." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
