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Invasion Armada Swarms upon Eniwetok
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Original caption reads: "Coast guardsmen shuttle landing craft back and forth from the anchorage to the beach of Eniwetok Atoll, bringing in fighters and supplies, carrying back the wounded. On the beach supply dumps swiftly pile up. An International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor [crawler tractor] is coming ashore." Official Coast Guard Photo.
1944
United States. Coast Guard
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International TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractor
1944
Soldiers, supplies and an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) on a beach at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. The original caption reads: "COAST GUAR...
Marines Using International TD-9 Tractor to Search for the Enemy
1944
Two U.S. Marines using an International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and bulldozer to search for Japanese soldiers on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Original caption reads: ...
Marines Use TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractor
1944
U.S. Marines using an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and bulldozer on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll during World War II. The original caption reads: "Jap Hunting Bulldozer - Marin...
U.S. Marines and TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractors
1944
Marine driving an International TD-9 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) off of a landing craft at Cape Gloucester. The original caption reads: "When the first waves of Marines hit Cape Gloucest...
Marines Looking for Japanese Soldiers with TD-9 Crawler Tractor
1944
Marines using an International TD-9 diesel TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and bulldozer to hunt Japanese soldiers on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Original caption reads: "The Jap pillbo...
U.S. Marines Using International Crawler Tractor
1944
Marines ride through a creek on a trailer pulled by an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor).
