Sea jeeps. Successfully crossing a fast-flowing stream, the Ford-built amphibian, with full complement of four soldiers, easily climbs opposite shore and is ready for any scouting operations. Picture shows maneuvers recently held in the Detroit area, when soldiers from Fort Wayne in full combat dress manned the machines. The controls of the new Army transportation unit for land operations are identical to the quarter-ton, four-wheel drive reconnaissance car, and no steering changeover is required from land to water operation. The new car is being used by U.S. fighting forces in war zones
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Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1940
Contributors
United States. Office of War Information.
Location
Wayne (Mich.), 42.28139, -83.38639
Source
Library of Congress
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Public Domain