Military Vehicles

After WWII: Civilian Use of Surplus Trucks

For many years after the fighting stopped in September 1945 there was a lot of confusion as to the fate of the thousands of surplus military trucks. It is probably good for those of us who are interested in those vehicles today to learn some of what transpired then and just how they ended up in civilian hands.

As a person who spent his professional life studying and teaching history, I wish someone had recorded what went on then. Now, it is almost too late for research into that era

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