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Old 27-07-06, 11:52
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Well-known picture of Marmon-Herrington tanks in Surinam, as used in Marmon-Herrington literature. The original International News Photo was captioned as follows:
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DUTCH TANKS DEFEND SURINAM...
PARIMARIBO, SURINAM.--THESE TANKS, MANNED BY DUTCH MARINES, ARE PART OF THE DEFENSE FORCES OF SURINAM, WHERE DUTCH FORCES COOPERATE WITH AMERICAN FORCES IN PROTECTION OF THE COLONY. SURINAM IS THE SOURCE OF MOST OF THE BAUXITE ON WHICH THE U.S. DEPENDS FOR ALUMINUM.
1030PM.
Note: no date was on the caption, but based on other photos, it was taken sometime in 1942.
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