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A black and white photo of a group of tanks. Office of War Information Photograph

Australia in the war. An American tank is put through a demonstration of its power during training exercises of the Australian armored forces

Australia in the war. An American tank, manned by Australian troops is subjected to conditions it is likely to encounter in actual battle during training exercises of the Australian armored forces

Australia in the war. American medium and light tanks and their Anzac crews lined up for review at a camp in Australia. Along with other lend-lease equipment, these tanks are helping build up Australia's armored forces

A black and white photo of a tank. Office of War Information Photograph

Australia in the war. Testing the light guns on American tanks at an Australian armored unit's camp somewhere in Australia. The corporal in the foreground keeps contact between the tank crews and the men at the targets

A black and white photo of a line of military vehicles. Office of War Information Photograph

Australia in the war. American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, are playing an important role in the development of a formidable Australian mechanized army. The tanks shown here, provided by the United States under lend-lease, are being used in training armored crews

Australia in the war. An Australian armored division, equipped with American tanks, lined up for review at a camp somewhere in Australia

Australia in the war. Part of an Australian tank squadron lines up for gunnery practice. This unit, equipped with American tanks, has a firing power previously unheard of in Australia

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Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a truck, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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australia nitrate negatives australia plains war part australian tank lines australian tank squadron lines gunnery practice gunnery practice unit american american tanks power battle tank farm security administration 1940 s united states history library of congress
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01/01/1943
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United States. Office of War Information.
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Australia Plains ,  -34.10000, 139.13333
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label_outline Explore Gunnery, American Tanks, Australia Plains

Melbourne, Australia. United States Army hospital. Sergeant Alfred Baron, Newark, New Jersey (left) and Technical Sergeant Richard Perry, Mansfield Ohio, in medical store room

[Military tank?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

New oversize trailer for war workers. Note modern floating axle on the new oversize bus trailer which holds 141 persons and may be the answer to the problem of transporting war workers to outlying defense plants. Designed and built by Office of Defense Transportation and War Production Board (WPB) officials with cooperation of private companies, the trailer rolls on eight standard truck size tires, with the usual six tires on the power unit. The truck trailer unit as a whole is fifty-five feet long

Inspection of Australian Guard of Honour at Government House by the Duke of Gloucester on May 15, 1942. Inspecting the guard (between two lines)

Australia in the war. American tanks, furnished under lend-lease, contribute to building up of Australia's armored forces. These are medium tanks lined up on the range ready for practice

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines is armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

U.S. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Gunnery School, Bingham Way between Minteer Street & Lawrence Road, Kaneohe, Honolulu County, HI

Gettysburg and vicinity : showing the lines of battle, July, 1863, and the land purchased and dedicated to the public by General S. Wylie Crawford and the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association /

Aust. [i.e., Australian] soldiers in Bethlehem Church & Gethsemane Basilica [Gethsemane]

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Federal dead on the right of the Federal lines, killed on July 1

Columbus, Ohio. Randy Pribble, a bus driver for the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Incorporated, putting water into a bus before taking it out on a run

Arrival in Palestine of Mr. Antony [i.e., Anthony] Eden. Eden inspecting A.I.F. [i.e., Australian Imperial Forces] troops

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australia nitrate negatives australia plains war part australian tank lines australian tank squadron lines gunnery practice gunnery practice unit american american tanks power battle tank farm security administration 1940 s united states history library of congress