Tire Damage, Italian Front, World War II, 1945
Figure on right may be Levin H. Campbell Jr. Published in a larger article for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company employee paper, The Wingfoot Clan (Akron Edition) number 23 pp 6. Photo and letter sent by "Major General L. H. Campbell Jr., chief of ordnance". Letter was to President E. J. Thomas of Goodyear. PD quote: During my recent trip to the Fifth army Italian front I saw a display board at a forward area tire repair company, which demonstrates some of the items causing damage to tires. All the fragments and other articles shown on this board were extracted from pneumatic tires taken off Fifth army vehicles. I thought this picture would be of interest to you, so that you could better understand some of the severe punishment rubber tires are subjected to in theaters of war. This picture is being passed on to you for your information and such use as you see desirable
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- 1945-06-06
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