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Sergeant Carl Hardy, twenty, of Shelby, North Carolina, stalking a tank on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee. The simulated twenty-nine pound TNT statchel charge laid on the bogey of the light tank will "wreck" it, and possibly "kill" the four operators within

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne jeep and howitzer going into action after landing in a military demonstration

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne jeep and howitzer going into action after landing in a military demonstration

In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten "tankers" is rehearsing a few fighting tricks at a training school of the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky

In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten "tankers" is rehearsing a few fighting tricks at a training school of the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky

In the massive cast-steel hull of this M-4 tank, a crew of hard-bitten "tankers" is rehearsing a few fighting tricks at a training school of the armored forces at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Knox. M-4 tanks and crews. A hard-boiled "tanker" looks things over from one of the hatches of an M-4 tank. This man, with thousands of others, is brushing up on the latest tank-fighting technique at Fort Knox

Wadesboro, North Carolina. Jeep on maneuvers crossing rough terrain pulling a thirty-seven millimeter anti-tank gun. Battery D of the Fourty-four Division Anti-tank, Second Corps

Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Airborne artillery firing a howitzer after landing in a military demonstration

Sergeant Carl Hardy, twenty, of Shelby, North Carolina, stalking a tank on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee. The simulated twenty-nine pound TNT statchel charge laid on the bogey of the light tank will "wreck" it, and possibly "kill" the four operators within

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tennessee film negatives tennessee ridge sergeant carl hardy sergeant carl hardy shelby tank maneuvers army second army middle middle tennessee twenty nine pound tnt statchel charge twenty nine pound tnt statchel charge bogey light light tank wreck operators four operators battle tank 1940 s 40 s wwii tanks library of congress car
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01/01/1942
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Tennessee Ridge ,  36.31200, -87.77336
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label_outline Explore Tnt, Middle Tennessee, Light Tank

Railroad wreck - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Kentucky during Great Depression.

Tank going in to action - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Children of Monastir calling at the depot of the A.R.C. set up in an old shelled building for their rations of bread, lard and other foodstuffs sent from the United States to check the starvation in Southern Serbia. Each of the inhabitants is given a two pound loaf of bread, a pound of rice, beans and sugar each week

Warner Robins, Georgia. Air Service Command, Robins Field. Practicing the loading of a simulated wreck onto a C-3 truck and trailer. An old P-39 was used for the demonstration

Cincinnati, Ohio. Preparing canned pork (Russian: "svinaia tushonka") for lend-lease shipment to the USSR at the Kroger grocery and baking company. Girls placing lard, spice and onions in cans before the pork is added. Left to right: Bonnie Williams, age twenty-one, used to work in shirt factory, has a husband in the U.S. Army; Elta Wininger, age twenty-nine, ex-housewife, has a brother in North Africa

Adeline, 12 years old, earns more than her mother. Get 1 cents a pound for snipping beans[?] at the sheds at Hamburg Canning Factory. Geno was 8 years old, last summer. These two and mother and made 70 to 80 cents a day. Much of this money goes to pay rent for [...] in Buffalo, that is reserved through the summer. All three worked in sheds. They went to the country the last of May returned to Buffalo middle of October, losing about 9 weeks of school. Attend School #2. Location: Buffalo, New York (State)

Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army ground forces, discussing with an umpire one of the problems being worked out at the recent maneuvers of the Third Army in Louisiana

Sunray, Texas. Sacking carbon black in a plant. Carbon black is worth 3 1/2 cents a pound

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

Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Two soldiers outside their quarters

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

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tennessee film negatives tennessee ridge sergeant carl hardy sergeant carl hardy shelby tank maneuvers army second army middle middle tennessee twenty nine pound tnt statchel charge twenty nine pound tnt statchel charge bogey light light tank wreck operators four operators battle tank 1940 s 40 s wwii tanks library of congress car