Jerry Cans in Boxcar, Savannah GA, WW II

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This 1943 photo shows female employees at the Savannah Quartermaster Depot, Savannah, GA, stacking steel jerry cans into a boxcar for shipment.

The 5-gallon jerry can was developed early in WW II, copied from a German design that had been also adopted by the British. The Olive-Drab.com section on Jerry Cans for Gasoline and Water has more details of the cans and their development.

The photo bears the U.S. Army Signal Corps seal at the lower left.

Today in WW II: 8 Feb 1940 Germans establish the first large Jewish ghetto in Poland in the city of Lodz. More ↓

8 Feb 1941 US House of Representatives passes the Lend-Lease Act [265 to 165].
8 Feb 1942 Battle of Sarimbun Beach begins, the first stage of the Japanese assault on Singapore.
8 Feb 1942 Japanese Offensive in Burma begins [8 Feb-2 May].
8 Feb 1945 Battle of the Reichswald: British and Canadian forces under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery begin Operation Veritable [8 Feb-11 Mar].
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