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LVT-1 at New River (aft view) 1942
A U.S. Marine Corps LVT-1 at New River, North Carolina (USA), in May 1942. Original caption: "New River, North Carolina. Marine amphibian tractors. "Down to the sea" in an amphibian tractor. A special Marine unit, in training with its new land-and-water troop carrier at New River, North Carolina, has accomplished its mission of establishing a beachhead and is now on its way back to its ship."
- Date
- 1942-05
- Photographer / author
- Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 947 × 722 pixels
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"LVT-1 at New River (aft view) 1942" (1942-05). Palmer, Alfred T., photographer. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LVT-1_at_New_River_(aft_view)_1942.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 121688.
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