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Dodge WC 56 / WC 57 / WC 58 Command Car WW2 - Historische Fotos Teil 2 von 2 |
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The photos below are of a Dodge that was deliberately "sunk." Seems that jeeps were
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not readily available from the motor pool when jungle recons were necessary.
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So, this resourceful group would deliberately run a Dodge off a road and "lose" it in
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deep water. After the Dodge was written off as lost by the motor pool, Dave would
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send his engineers down to retrieve it. Once they cleaned it up and got it running
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again it became a communications Truck. |
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Lt. Colonel O. Howard Davidsmeyer, Sr. was in charge of communications in the Pacific
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on MacArthur's staff. He was an engineer before the war and also served in the Navy
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in world war one. He participated in many landings under fire in the Pacific.
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He was known to his staff as "Dave."
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Photo courtesy of the Lt. Col. O. H. Davidsmeyer collection, www.aboutww2.com
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