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Packard truck carries 3 tons from New York to San Francisco: 1912 National Highways Association incorporated [2] 1912 First official U.S. Army truck test from Washington DC to Fort Benjamin Harrison 7-28-1913 US Army Alaska expedition used a White Motor truck. [3] [4] 11-1914 U.S. Army reports 1½ ton trucks superior to 2½ ton trucks [5] 8-25-1915
Kathleen Helen Summersby BEM (née MacCarthy-Morrogh; 23 November 1908 – 20 January 1975), known as Kay Summersby, was a member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps during World War II, who served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower during his period as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in command of the Allied forces in north west Europe.
1919 "Trans-Continental Motor Truck" [1] The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train" [1]) carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco.
Creating an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad Company and Certain of its Employees April 24, 1953 19 10450: Security Requirements for Government Employment April 27, 1953 20 10451: Inspection of Certain Returns by the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives April 28, 1953 ...
Eisenhower Interstate System sign south of San Antonio, Texas Many streets across the United States are named for Eisenhower, including this residential avenue in Shreveport, Louisiana. Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defence Highways; Eisenhower Parkway in Essex County, New Jersey; Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) near Chicago
A new statue of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Allied Forces Commander during World War II, was dedicated in the town of Sainte-Mère-Église, France, on June 3 as part of activities held to mark ...
The convoy was memorable enough for a young Army officer, 28-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Dwight David Eisenhower, to include a chapter about the trip, titled "Through Darkest America With Truck and Tank", in his book At Ease: Stories I Tell to Friends (Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1967). "The trip had been difficult, tiring and fun", he said.
NEW YORK — New York City's Center for Jewish History is hosting an Anne Frank exhibit that recreates the rooms she and her family hid in during World War II and the Holocaust.. It opens Jan. 27 ...