An Awesome Normandy photo site, inlcuding trucks!!

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An Awesome Normandy photo site, inlcuding trucks!!

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A friend just sent me a link to a site loaded with photos from the Normandy campaign. there are around 2,300 photos, and it seems that most if not all are captioned. I found that using the advanced search function of Google, I was able to quickly search the site for particular subjects.

Here is an example photo:
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To really get the most out of the site, you really need to view the pictures AND the captions associated with them, like this one:

http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/napoleonbe ... plies.html

Try using the Google search string "gmc site:http://www.stolly.org.uk/ETO/". Try substituting other words for "gmc". You'll be surprised what you can find!
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Post by Bill_Wolf »

Thanks for posting the site info. Great pictures.

Found this pic of a CCKW towing a Weasel in a G221 Trailer along a Mulberry "Whale". I guess it would be OK for me to mimic thisa. Note the wood body and the 4 fuel cans mounted on a engineered bracket above the Left front Fender

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1945 GMC DUKW
1942 Chevy 125 Crash Truck from Dow AAFB,
1944 Chevy 325 Fire Truck
1942 WC-54 Ambulance
1944 M29C Weasel (x6)
1945 CCKW 353 A2 Open Cab "Air-portable"
1943 M5 High Speed Tractor
1942 Sperry Searchlight setup with GE Generator
1942 M-1 Fruehauf Searchlight Trailer (G221)
1942 M-17 Fruehauf Quad 50 Trailer (G221)
1942 M-10 Ammo Trailer (x3)
194? Steel Ben Hur (x4) 194? Wood Ben Hur (x2)
1945 Case VAIW-3 Aircraft Tug
1943 Case VAI USAAF with Mower
1944 Clark CA-1 Airborne Dozer
1944 PE-95G, 1944 PE-99B
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Post by dr deuce »

Make sure you have an electric brake controller... :shock:
Dr Deuce Over 50,000 driven miles in a CCKW
1942 CCKW closed cab shopvan
1943 CCKW closed cab cargo w/M32 MG mount
1944 CCKW open cab LeRoi Kompressor
1944 CCKW open cab F1 Aircraft fueler tanker
1945 CCKW open cab cargo w/artic cab
1942 Chev cargo
1942 Chev K51 Panel
1944 Chev M6 Bomb Truck
1942 GPW Jeep
http://home.comcast.net/~cckw/wsb/html/ ... 59870.html
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