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New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. The leathernecks are good at this. A member of a Marine Corps truck convoy, in training at New River, North Carolina, operates the elevation lever of an anti-aircraft gun

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Trucks that will carry leathernecks in combat areas are used in war exercises at New River, North Carolina. This truck, rolling along in a Marine convoy, serves many useful war purposes. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. The leathernecks are good at this. A member of a Marine Corps truck convoy, in training at New River, North Carolina, operates the elevation lever of an anti-aircraft gun

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. Tough fighting men who specialize in arriving at their destinations. A truck convoy of U.S. Marines, bristling with armament and ready for anything, rolls along a road near its New River, North Carolina base

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport units. Trucks that will carry leathernecks in combat areas are used in war exercises at New River, North Carolina. This truck, rolling along in a Marine convoy, serves many useful war purposes. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. Tough fighting men who specialize in arriving at their destinations. A truck convoy of U.S. Marines, bristling with armament and ready for anything, rolls along a road near its New River, North Carolina base

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. Tough fighting men who specialize in arriving at their destinations. A truck convoy of U.S. Marines, bristling with armament and ready for anything, rolls along a road near its New River, North Carolina base

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. Tough fighting men who specialize in arriving at their destinations. A truck convoy of U.S. Marines, bristling with armament and ready for anything, rolls along a road near its New River, North Carolina base

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck transport unit. America boasts the world's best military truck drivers. This capable member of a Marine motor transport unit at New River, North Carolina is an expert at tooling a truck through the worst kind of going. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

New River, North Carolina. Marine truck convoy. When a leatherneck gets a tommy gun lined up, something is due to be hit. Bulwarked by a spare tire, this capable member of a Marine Corps truck convoy goes in for a little practice with a submachine gun as his column halts on a training cruise near New River, North Carolina

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942
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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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New River ,  34.75739, -77.40968
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Library of Congress
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label_outline Explore Tommy Gun, Leatherneck, Cruise

Somewhere in the Persian corridor with a United States convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Having a bad moment on the snowbound mountain pass as the American trucks ease by a disabled truck

Tire recapping. A recap job on a passenger car tire. The tire with a tread strip of reclaimed camelback rubber is put into a curing mold. The old tread surface had previously been ground down evenly and coated with rubber adhesive. The plan to recap passenger tires with reclaimed rubber camelback, approved by rubber director William M. Jeffers, was put into effect in February 1943 to reduce the demand for replacement tires and still keep civilian cars in service

Kaymoor Coal Mine, South side of New River, upstream of New River Gorge Bridge, Fayetteville, Fayette County, WV

Fort Benning. Tommy gunners, armored forces. The tank soldier finds many chores for the Thompson sub-machine gun, familiarly known as the Tommy gun

Wrapping the finished tire. Seeing is not necessarily believing. Even when you see the tire-wrapping machine in operation, it is difficult to understand how it works....spinning a strand of paper around a tire as fast as the operator can feed them in. All the operator need do is place the tire in position; the machine does the rest. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia going through a pass over the snowbound mountain top

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. An Iranian native moving his livestock from the mountain road as a United States truck passes

New River, North Carolina. Marine Corps demolition squads. The leathernecks can destroy railway systems, as well as build and operate them. A Marine demolition squad, in training at the New River, North Carolina base, prepares to blow out a section of track. Two men set the charge while two others stand guard. Marine barracks, New River, North Carolina

Giant tire manufacturing. Construction of modern airports and other military facilities which requires moving large quantities of earth necessitates equipment identified as earth movers. Earth movers use huge rubber tires like these, some of which cost as much as $2,500 each. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Nuttallburg Mine Complex, Headhouse, North side of New River, 2.7 miles upstream from Fayette Landing, Lookout, Fayette County, WV

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. An aerial "tugboat" of the Marine Corps. The leatherneck pilot of this glider will tow three planes high above Page Field at Parris Island, South Carolina as part of six-week training course the Marines are giving to selected units

Western Marine & Salvage Co. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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