Today in WW II: 3 Dec 1943 German Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring orders intensification of the Luftwaffe's bombing of Britain.  More ↓
3 Dec 1943 RAF Bomber Command raid on Leipzig, Germany, causes over 1000 civilian casualties [Dec 3-4].
3 Dec 1944 East African British colonial troops capture Kalewa, Burma, one of the main centers for river traffic south to Mandalay.
3 Dec 1944 US forces reach key European river crossings: US 9th Army st the Roer River and US 3rd Army at the Saar River.
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M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled

Preventive medicine personnel inspect a mobile trailer used to store and transport safe drinking water to deployed soldiers, in this case in Uzbekistan. Tentatively identified as an M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled
Preventive medicine personnel inspect a mobile trailer used to store and transport safe drinking water to deployed soldiers, in this case in Uzbekistan. Tentatively identified as an M-308 Semitrailer, tank, water, 1,000 gal, 4-wheeled.