A CCKW truck tows an artillery piece onto a shore during amphibious training on Guadalcanal in March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A CCKW or 2 ½ ton truck tows an artillery piece onto a shore during amphibious training exercises. "Truck pulling artillery piece leaves the ramp." [Guadalcanal. March 1944]
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Date:
1944-03-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography:
Guadalcanal
Latitude:
-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Vehicles, military--American--Solomon Islands
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Solomon Islands