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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

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

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

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox, Kentucky, check jeeps and other motor vehicles thoroughly and at regular intervals. Attention that was once given to the Army mule of days gone by now falls to the tough little "blitz buggy" or our modern mechanized forces

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Tanks, as well as the Army's trucks, motorcycles and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles are kept in spic and span condition and mechanically ready for strenuous action

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Turning one of the heavy tracks of an M-3 tank at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Army keeps a large force of trained mechanics busy at the job of servicing and repairing all its motorized equipment

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Mechanics at Fort Knox, Kentucky, check jeeps and other motor vehicles thoroughly and at regular intervals. Attention that was once given to the Army mule of days gone by now falls to the tough little "blitz buggy" or our modern mechanized forces

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. The Army's motorcycles, as well as its trucks, tanks, and other motorized equipment, pay regular visits to the wash rack. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to the army horses and mules

Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. General checkover and adjustment for one of the Army's motorcycles at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Wherever possible, modern military vehicles receive the same scrupulous attention once given to army horses and mules

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

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Title and other information from caption card.

Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 554.

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01/01/1942
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