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Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored services is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

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Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored services is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. A column of halftrac armored cars waits for orders to proceed to a practice engagement at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. Lifting a "wounded" tank crew member into a halftrac ambulance at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. Lifting a "wounded" tank crew member into a halftrac ambulance at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored service is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored services is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

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Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Army trucks and other vehicles at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are checked thoroughly, and at regular intervals. Wherever possible, motorized military equipment is maintained in constant tip top shape, instantly ready for strenuous action

Good men, good machines, good materials mean good gears for the rear axles of halftrac scout cars now being produced for our Army in an Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Halftrac scout cars. When the American assembly line gets down to business, things gets done and done well. The assembling of engines for the Army's new halftrac scout cars is a job well done and understood by the trained men of a large Ohio truck plant. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Lance Cpl. Hunter Rooks, a Marine with Combat Logistics

The tracks for an Army halftrac scout car begins to take shape on the "building wheel" of a Midwest tire plant. Goodrich, Akron, Ohio

Self-sealing fuel tanks. Not only as nurses behind the battle lines, but as workers in the factory producing important war goods, women are doing much to win this war and to spare the lives of the men doing the actual fighting. These girls are stitching inner ply to a building form used in the manufacture of self-sealing tanks. Goodrich

The chassis of an Army halftrac scout car get a workout. When this test driver at a large Midwest plant has put the machine through its paces, he'll know if the machine meets the exacting specifications of the Army. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

A coat of paint makes anything look better. But the purpose of spraying the undercarriages of the Army's halftrac scout cars is for protection. The job is part of the production routine on a large order being filled by a Midwest truck manufacturer. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

One of our new battleships of the land: a mighty M-4 tank that will disturb a lot of Axis plans. In the welded hulls of these massive machines is armament that ensures tremendous firepower in the hands of tough, resourceful "tankers." Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky

Fort Benning. Armored forces peronnel. Sergeant of the armored forces and commanding officer of a halftrac scout car. One of the capable men teaching recruits at Fort Benning, Georgia some of the good American ways of upsetting Japanese schedules

Fort Knox. Halftrac crews. The crews of halftrac armored cars, in training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are hardy, able men. The Fort Knox school for men of the armored services is teaching many American soldiers how to use mechanized striking equipment to best advantage. Its graduates are now on many of our far-flung battle lines, ready to meet the Axis on more than even terms

Fort Knox. Bridge construction trucks. Engineer units of the armored forces use special trucks like this for tansporting and placing treadway bridges. Equipped with winches and crane members, these vehicles make quick work of laying bridge sections on pontons. This particular truck is in use at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where soldiers are being trained in the use of armored equipment

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