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Dodge 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton Command Car WW2 - Historische Fotos Teil 5 von 8 |
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| The following pictures are from different resources. |
| I will add the details like Photographer, Date and Location, as far as I can get them. |
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| 1/2 ton Command Cars: |
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| Battery A, 125th Field Artillery |
| Location: USA |
| Date taken: 7. April 1941 |
| Photo: Spencer and Wyckoff, Detroit |
| This Army Day parade was probably in Alexandria, LA. |
| It is a photo known from the same location for the 3rd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment in the same parade. |
| Both units were from the Minnesota National Guard stationed at Camp Claiborne, LA. (Thanks for this info to Richard H., Fullerton, CA) |
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| These are NOT Command Cars, but this photo shows a nice side view of the 1/2 ton Dodge. |
| Location: At the Presidio San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., just above where Fort Point is located. |
| Date taken: ca. 1941 |
| Photographer: unknown |
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| WC 16 or WC 25 Radio Command Car |
| Date taken: . |
| Photographer: unknown |
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| WC 8 Command Car |
| Note the different tail lights on this and the above CC. |
| Date taken: . |
| Photographer: unknown |
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| Radio Set SCR-245 in Radio Command Car |
| Field Radio School 3rd Signal Training Bn. |
| Signal corps Replacement Training Center, Fort Monmouth, N.J. |
| Location: U.S.A. |
| Date taken: 27. July 1941 |
| Photographer: unknown |
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| 3/4 ton Command Cars: |
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| Prototype of the 3/4 ton Command Car |
| Note the style of the fender and shape of body. |
| Location: Chrysler's proving ground in Michigan. U.S.A |
| Date taken: unknown, most probably before May 1942 |
| Photographer: unknown |
| Please see page 6 for more Pilot CC photos. |
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| Two Ex-Prisoners with Stefan Jerzy Zweig. |
| Stefan Jerzy Zweig is an author and cameraman and is known as the Buchenwald child |
| from the novel by Bruno Apitz, Naked Among Wolves. He survived Buchenwald concentration |
| camp at age four by being protected by his father and other prisoners. |
| Stefan Jerzy Zweig was born January 28, 1941 in Kraków. |
| Location: Buchenwald, Germany |
| Date taken: after 15. April 1945 |
| Photographer: Hugh D. Steffy, 120th Evacuation Hospital |
| Photo: Sammlung Gedenkstätte Buchenwald |
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| General George S. Patton leaning over the back of his WC-57 Dodge 3/4 ton Command Car. |
| Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bernard, from Colorado, 30th Infantry Regiment, a prominent figure |
| in the second daring amphibious landing behind enemy lines on Sicily’s north coast, |
| discusses the operational situation with Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Jr. |
| Location: Near Brolo, Sicily |
| Date taken: August 1943, during Operation Husky |
| Photo: Signal Corps |
| Note the POM Marking (Preparation for Overseas Movement Marking) on the tailgate of the CC. |
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| The RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) Beach Masters Vehicle during |
| the Borneo Landings in the Pacific in 1945. The RAAF especially amongst |
| the Australian Forces used quite a few Dodge Command Cars. |
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| Location: Ste-Mere-Eglise, Normandie France |
| Secretary of War Henry Stimson visits the 96th Evac Hospital |
| during it's time in Ste-Mere-Eglise France. Also in the Command |
| Car are General Omar Bradley and George Patton. |
