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U.S. Marines and TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractors
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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 Gloucester, the engineers moved in with International TD-9 TracTracTors, helped to unload the LST's, and then went to work on construction."
1944
United States. Marine Corps
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W012W9R
WHi 24687
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Marines Unload Field Gun at Rendova
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U.S. Marines using an International Harvester TD-9 diesel TracTracTor to unload a field gun from an LST boat on the beach at Rendova. Original caption reads: "This gun and others like it pounded aw...
Marines Using Crawler Tractor on Landing Craft
1944
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U.S. Marines Using International Crawler Tractor
1944
Marines ride through a creek on a trailer pulled by an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor).
