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 Dodge WC half-ton truck during a WW II reenactment, Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA, 16 July 2010. Original size: 621x946
 WC-1 Truck, 1/2-ton, 4x4 Dodge Closed Cab Pickup (G505). Hood number W-25979 confirms WC-1 (1941 contract). Original size: 1256x1000
 Final assembly operation of a factory-new Dodge WC 1/2 ton 4x4 Command Car: water is put in the radiator along with gasoline in the fuel tank, so that each vehicle leaves the assembly line under its own power, circa 1941. Original size: 1024x811
 WC-6 (or WC-15 or WC-23) 1/2 ton, 4x4 Dodge Command Reconnaissance Car, Radio Set SCR-245 installed, Field Radio School, 3rd Signal Training Battalion, Signal Corps Replacement Training Center, Ft. Monomuth, NJ, 21 July 1941. Original size: 808x951
 Line-up of U.S. Army 1/2-ton Dodge WC trucks ready for shipment to Army posts throughout the countr, Dodge Lynch Road plant, Detroit, MI, circa 1942. Original size: 1024x796
 Hood numbers are stenciled on a Dodge WC 1/2 ton Command Car, using blue drab paing, at the factory near Detroit, MI, circa 1942. Original size: 822x1024
 A 37mm antitank gun is towed behind a Dodge WC 1/2-ton 4x4 truck as members of the crew leap from the truck to set up the gun during maneuvers, Oahu, Hawaii, 10 October 1942. Original size: 600x496
 Field artillery vehicles coming into bivouac at dawn, Fort Riley, KS, April 1942. From left, jeep, WC-7 (or WC-24) 1/2 ton, 4x4 Dodge Command Reconnaissance Car, three CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 trucks, jeep. Original size: 1024x775
 Special blue drab paint sprayed through the stencil affixes the government serial number of each Dodge Army truck permanently on the sides of the hood where they can be easily seen, circa 1942. Stencil number is W-2X6183, possibly WC-12 1/2 ton 4x4 closed cab pickup for which S/N range is W-222266 to W-226218. Original size: 1024x811
 Troops from 30th Division, Antitank Bn, in mock battle south of the Pee Dee River, Cheraw, SC, 19 November 1941. The opposing force is from the 2nd Armored Division, attached to the 4th Corps. The Dodge 1/2-ton WC at left has a .50-cal. machine gun on a post mount, the towed artillery to the right is a 37mm antitank gun. An M-3 Stuart light tank directly in front of the soldiers is from the opposing force. Original size: 1005x819
 WC-4 Dodge 1/2 ton 4x4 truck at the Chrysler test facility, near Detroit, MI, circa 1941. Army officers attending the school conducted by the Chrysler Corporation to assist our fighting forces in the job training men to operate the thousands of trucks required by today's streamlined division are given actual practice in driving the trucks in a testing field to familiarize them with the characteristics of the vehicle. Here an Army officer putting one of these trucks through its paces in a heavy mud wallow which is just one of the many tests to which the driver and vehicle are subjected. Original size: 2951x1868
 Dodge WC-7 1/2 ton Command Car on the ALCAN (Alaska-Canada) Highway in 1942, one of the first U.S. Army vehicles to travel the partially finished highway. Original size: 3000x2251
 Dodge WC-52 3/4-ton truck (left) alongside a 1/2-ton Dodge WC, the previous version, 1942. Original size: 765x418
 WC6 Dodge Command Car, 1/2-ton, 4x4 undergoing grade and terrain testing, circa 1941. (Could be the very similar WC15 or WC23.) These trucks must be capable of getting through, even in the worst possible operating conditions. The Dodge Army truck is climbing a tremendously steep grade over soft ground that gives the poorest kind of traction. Original size: 1024x811
 Army truck manufacture at the Dodge factory, Detroit, MI, circa 1941. The body of a Dodge Army WC 1/2-ton reconnaissance car being lowered into place on the assembled chassis. Bodies for each of the many types of army trucks are synchronized in production with the chassis for which they are intended and are carried from a distant part of the plant by an overhead tram conveyor and are lowered to the chassis with perfect split second timing. Original size: 1024x811
 Partial view of formation of 2,000 motor vehicles and 10,000 men of the Second Armored Division, Ft. Benning, GA, 14 February 1941. Vehicles include M3 Scout Cars, 1/2-ton Command Cars (VC and WC), trucks, and more. This was first ever such formation for year old 2nd Armored. Original size: 1001x841
 Stenciling hood numbers on Dodge 1/2-ton WC Command / Reconnaissance Car and other vehicles at the Dodge plant, circa 1942. The lead Command Car is followed by a Carryall and more from the 1/2-ton WC series. The Dodge 1/2 ton Reconnaissance Car could be WC6, WC15, or WC23. A second column of vehicles is being finalized at left. Original size: 1024x811
 Soldiers conduct a review of troops during a change of command at Fort Knox, KY. The staff car is a 1941 WC-24 Dodge 1/2-ton 4x4 Reconnaissance Vehicle from the Patton Museum collection. Original size: 700x469
 Army truck manufacture at Dodge, Detroit, MI, circa 1941. All wiring and appliances in Dodge Army WC 1/2-ton reconnaissance cars are equipped with radio to facilitate operation in the field which are heavily insulated and shielded in every possible way to prevent interference with radio reception in these vehicles. Original size: 1024x810
 Dodge WC-6 1/2 ton 4x4 command reconnaissance car which had just climbed a tremendously steep grade on the other side of this hill is here starting its descent down the equally steep grade visible in the picture, Dodge factory test track, Detroit, MI, circa 1941. Going up and down this hill is a severe test for both driver and vehicle. Original size: 1024x811
 Three light vehicles photographed together at Holabird Quartermaster Depot, 1941. Left to right: Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4x4 Willys MA; Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 3/4 Ton, 4x4 Dodge WC-56; Truck, Radio Reconnaissance Car, 1/2 Ton, 4x4, Dodge WC-6 (or similar). Original size: 1269x1000
 Funeral services conducted by Navy Chaplain for Armed Guard Seaman at Iceland, 1942. Vehicle appears to be a Dodge 1/2-ton 4x4 ambulance. Original size: 800x640
 General view of various types of U.S. Army 1/2-ton WC trucks, held for inspections and adjustments before being delivered to the War Department, Dodge Lynch Road plant, Detroit, circa 1942. Original size: 1024x796
 Truck, Carrier, Weapons, Dodge Open Cab w/ winch, 1/2 Ton, 4x4. Probable location is Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Baltimore, MD, circa 1941. Original size: 1255x1000
 Entrance of Norfolk Army Base, photographed from across Hampton Boulevard, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Norfolk, VA, 15 February 1943. Vehicles appear to be Chevrolet 1 1/2-ton cargo truck (left) and Dodge WC 1/2-ton Command Car. Original size: 580x474
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