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unusual facts about United States Army Transportation Corps



Culture of Newport News, Virginia

Located on the grounds of Fort Eustis, The museum reflects the history of the Army, especially of the United States Army Transportation Corps, and includes close to 100 military vehicles such as land vehicles, watercraft and rolling stock, including stock from the Fort Eustis Military Railroad.

Dunheved railway station

In 1943 the NSWGR put a request in for 12 diesel electric locomotives, only four (4) General Electric 44 ton locos were available, these were ex United States Army Transportation Corps.

Gun truck

During the Vietnam War, it was the mission of the US Army Transportation Corps to ferry supplies from the coastal ports of Qui Nhon and Cam Ranh Bay to inland bases located at Bong Son, An Khe, Pleiku, Da Lat, and Buon Ma Thuot.

Harry Kemelman

During the war, Kemelman worked as wage administrator for the United States Army Transportation Corps in Boston and later for the War Assets Administration.

J. Edward Hutchinson

Hutchinson enlisted as a private in the United States Army in January 1941, served as a noncommissioned officer in the Fourteenth Coast Artillery, as a captain in the Transportation Corps, and was discharged in April 1946.


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