Image: 1921 Tanks and Trucks Marvin D Boland Collection BOLANDB4007 (cropped)
Description: Four Mack trucks form a small convoy as they transport small tanks in May of 1921. Several soldiers are atop of the parked vehicles. The men, trucks and tanks were probably photographed at Camp Lewis. The Tacoma Sunday Ledger had reported on February 27, 1921, that one of the newest arrivals at Camp Lewis was the Fourth Company of Tanks, consisting of 25 tanks, 25 Bull Dog Mack trucks and 88 men and officers. The trucks were all 5-ton Macks which were used to transport the 6-ton American Renault-make tanks on long journeys and in actual warfare, would carry them to the frontline. All privates in the Fourth Company of Tanks were either machinists or automobile mechanics and would be fully capable of keeping the Mack trucks in top shape. TPL-2507; G69.1-153 (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 2-27-21, C-1-article)
Title: 1921 Tanks and Trucks Marvin D Boland Collection BOLANDB4007 (cropped)
Credit: http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/17683
Author: Marvin Dement Boland
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