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Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
This husky member of a construction crew building a new 33,000-volt electric power line into Fort Knox is performing an important war service, Ft. Knox, Ky. Thousands of soldiers are in training there, and the new line from a hydroelectric plant at Louisv from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Parade of M-4 (General Sherman) and M-3 (General Grant) tanks in training maneuvers, Ft. Knox, Ky. Note the lower design of the M-4, the larger gun in the turret and the two hatches in front of the turret (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Tank crew standing in front of M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-3 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
A good job in the air cleaner of an army truck, Fort Knox, Ky. This Negro soldier, who serves as truckdriver and mechanic, plays an important part in keeping army transport fleets in operation (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox., Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Tank driver, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Tank driver, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Tank crew standing in front of an M-4 tank, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008

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Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)

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4 older comments, and then…
Chris Baskind said:
The tank in this series is an M3 Medium, sometimes known as the General Lee.
Bruno Laplante said:
Superbe !
Anthony Tan said:
this is outrageous. excellent.
Ashiful Haque said:
Wow, full colour photo from 1942! Looks like it was taken with a recent high-end digital!
Winnie Hung said:
cool!!!!

M-3 tanks and crews, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)

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Stephanie Stout said:
A powerful looking photo of an almost worthless tank that was obsolete before it was ever built. It's saving grace was that these M-3's could be thrown together quickly to save the British in North Africa from being overrun by German tin cans. The M-3's did provide some useful training for our tank crews until the M-4 Shermans came along, and the chassis was adapted as a platform for the 105mm SP howitzer.
Rafael Nascimento said:
yo joe!!
Dave Stannard said:
Panzer fodder useless piece of junk, even the Russians could design much better tanks.
makeithapn said:
WOW! This whole series is unbelievable!!!
special distribution said:
Grand Lee tank

Infantryman with halftrack, a young soldier of the armed forces, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism. (LOC)

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Debbie said:
Brilliant