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GMC DUKW amphibious vehicle, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA, 1940s.
GMC DUKW amphibious vehicle, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA, 1940s. Designed in 1942, these vehicles were used to transport troops ashore in amphibious assaults in the Mediterranean and Pacific as well as the Normandy Landings. They inevitably became known as 'duck boats', but the name was not a military pun, the letters standing for the following: D - designed in 1942; U - amphibious 2 1/2 ton truck; K - front wheel drive; W - rear wheel drive.
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AR949167
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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2nd world war
AMERICA
American
amphibious vehicle
Army
army base
B&W
B/W
Black & White
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Curt Teich Postcard Archives
DUKW
Fort Sheridan
landing craft
LOCATION
Military personnel
MILITARY UNIFORM
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Photograph
SECOND WORLD WAR
Soldier
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Training
transport
TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
US Army
usa
VEHICLE
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WORLD WAR 2
World War II
WORLD WAR TWO
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