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Old 02-07-18, 15:48
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Default Commonwealth trucks in US Army service

Further to US Army Air Force CMP Fords in Tunisia, also see the pictures below.


Dodge D15, driven by an American soldier:
"58.Photograph. American soldier putting chains on his truck's tires on a snowy mountain road. '6 Jan. 1945. 5/MM-45-188.
Fifth Army, Rifredo Area, Italy. This driver discovers that he must use chains on the icy roads. Photo by Levine. 3131 Signal Service Co.' Rifredo, Italy. 6 January 1945"
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I am not sure this Dodge is a Commonwealth-built truck, but it is pictured in Ghana which was a British colony back then:
"Photograph. U.S. Army truck with "Beach" sign in the window, possibly near Accra, Ghana in the 1940s"
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