Elephants and bulldozers working to build Ledo Road, Burma, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Elephants and bulldozers working to build Ledo Road [Stilwell Road]. Official caption on front: "Elephants and bulldozers work in north Burma, 1944. US Army Photo 158-2." Burma [modern-day Myanmar]. 1944
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1944
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Myanma
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22.000
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98.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tractors--American--Burma
Elephants--Burma
Road construction--Burma
Stilwell Road (Burma and India)--Burma