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Today in WW II: 16 May 1940 US Pres. Roosevelt asks Congress for funding to build 50,000 airplanes per year, a startling undertaking at the time.  More ↓
16 May 1943 Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron [The Dambusters] destroyed the Möhne and Eder dams on the Ruhr, causing catastrophic flooding [Operation Chastise, 16–17 May].
16 May 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends with liquidation of the poorly equipped Jewish resistance by German Troop.
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Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, VA restored M3 Halftrack of WW II vintage, 23 Apr 1979
M37 3/4 ton cargo truck emerges from a CH-37 Series Mojave medium cargo helicopter.
MOTORCYCLE, MILITARY, M1030B1. USMC M1030B1 Motorcycle is a two-wheeled, gasoline powered, dual purpose on and off road utility vehicle. The motorcycle is a commercially available Kawasaki KRL 650 modified for military use byHayes Diversified Technologies. The M1030B1 will be employed in garrison and field environments and is designed to perform in all weather conditions (except snow and ice). The M1030B1 can be used for tactical and urban reconnaissance, convoy control and military police functions. The M1030B1 is the replacement for the M1030 KRL 250 Motorcycle.
At the Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant near Detroit, MI a WC-56 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 Command Car is on the rack for lubrication while springs, axles, and the entire undercarriage is given a final inspection by workmen, August 1942.
Dodge WC 1/2-ton trucks use a pontoon ferry provided by the 104th Engineers, 44th Division, to cross the Pee Dee River during 1st Army maneuvers in the Carolinas, 18 November 1941. Lead vehicle is a Command Car followed by open cab pick up trucks.
Bantam Number One, outside the American Bantam factory, Butler, PA, 21 September 1940. Karl Probst, far left with arm on tire, Harold Crist, drivingFrancis Fenn, passenger seat.

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