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Argylls and Sutherlanders in Malaya Constant practice in patrolling jungle roads keep members of this famous regiment in full fighting trim for their special job. Photo shows a member of a vehicle crew putting up a signal.

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). "Touch-up" men with brushes and spray guns putting the final touches of paint on each Dodge Army truck as it is about to be driven off the assembly line

Arab demonstration at Yatta. Troops on duty with machine guns strung along the road approaching the scene of gathering

Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. Camouflaged troops repel attack on half track carrying an x-ray portable field unit in a simulated battle test. The unit is set up in battlefront areas in a specially constructed dark-room tent

Putting them together. A corner of the assembly room at an armory, where war workers are putting together the parts which make up a Garand rifle

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Wood workers, too, have their place in building trucks for the U.S. Army. These men are assembling brackets and metal strips to the wood bows that support a ridge pole which extends the entire length of the body and gives added strength and support to the bows

Soldiers of a reconnaissance squad on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee cutting across the country in a scout car. Left to right: Corporal Howard Connor, driver; Private Fielder Magruder, radio operator; and Lieutenant Peter Gattino

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Part of the training of the truck drivers of the depot group consists of driving many times through an obstacle course in the woods

U.S. Army in final drive on Guadalcanal. American soldiers, clad in the briefest clothing because of intense heat, blast away at the few remaining enemy positions left on Guadalcanal in the Solomons during the final offensive which led to liberation of the island. This is a 155 mm. Cannon

Argylls and Sutherlanders in Malaya Constant practice in patrolling jungle roads keep members of this famous regiment in full fighting trim for their special job. This photo shows men dismounting from their vehicle ready to set up their gun in a covered position.

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British Official photo: K-1401.

No. BO-760.

Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

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great britain army argyll and sutherland highlanders people malaya world war transportation soldiers british military vehicles photographic prints taiping perak argylls sutherlanders practice jungle roads jungle roads members regiment job photo men vehicle gun 1940 s 40 s lot 11612 united states office for emergency management print malaya constant practice ultra high resolution high resolution war and conflict library of congress
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01/01/1941
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United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Taiping (Perak) ,  4.85000, 52.67889
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By the light of the jungle moon

Sugar rationing. Application form which will have to be filled out by every person to whom war ration book no.1 is issued when sugar rationing starts within a few weeks. Applicants will register at public schools on dates to be announced shortly

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. One of the few lathes bought by a small Eastern manufacturing firm. Unable to purchase much new machinery, the owner of the company installed and remodelled old equipment to produce war essentials under subcontract. First orders were delivered thirty days after contract, an amoazingly short time considering that conversion of machines took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Delivering Colors to French Reg't

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

At a Poste de Secours - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Metal scrap salvage. The rural scrap collection center at Dexter, Michigan was the scene of much activity as the drive sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) gained headway. The first load dumped here was followed by many others as farmyards yielded tons of old iron and rubber that put money into the pockets of local farmers and much valuable material back into use

Halftrac scout cars. When the American assembly line gets down to business, things gets done and done well. The assembling of engines for the Army's new halftrac scout cars is a job well done and understood by the trained men of a large Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Production. War housing trailers. Many time-saving methods are employed in the making of war housing trailers at the Los Angeles plant of Western Trailer Company. A heavy-duty stapling machine, for example, makes fast work of fastening the waterproof finish sheeting in place. Later a decorative strip will cover the staple heads and the sheeting will be trimmed off flush with the lower edge of the stip

Mitchell Field. The eagle puts foot to earth. An air-crew officer dressed in full combat gear inspects a bomber landing wheel. Part of the retracting mechanism is shown

Tank manufacture (Chrysler). Ten thousand skilled workers at the huge Chrysler tank arsenal,in Detroit,turning out twenty-eight ton M-3 tanks. This pair is attaching a hinge plate to the cupola of a gun turret which will be set on one of these rolling arsenals

68th Field Artillery mechanized, Fort Knox, Ky., June 14th, 1938, Colonel Marshall Magruder, commanding

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