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Marines Use TD-9 Diesel Crawler Tractor
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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 - Marines use an International TD-9 Diesel and Bulldozer to hunt Japs on Namur, Kwajalein Atoll, when they invaded the Marshalls. The Jap pillboxes were buried so well only a Bulldozer could route them."
1944
United States. Marine Corps
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