GMC CCKW 2-1/2-Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck

I spotted this GMC CCKW 2-1/2-Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck from World War II in Elbe, Washington, in the summer of 1998. The CCKW was introduced in 1941 with an enclosed cab. The flat vertical windshield indicates that this truck is an open cab version, built between 1943 and 1945, with a solid roof and doors grafted on later. With over a half-million produced, the CCKW was one of the most numerous vehicles built for the U.S. Military during World War II, second only to the Jeep.

M88A1 Medium Recovery Vehicle

Rear View of the M88A1

The M88 was originally introduced in 1961 as an armored recovery vehicle for the M48 Patton tank. It was manufactured by Bowen McLoughlin York in York, Pennsylvania, and was powered by a 980-horsepower Continental V-12 supercharged gasoline engine, with a 10-horsepower gasoline auxiliary power unit. The M88A1 was introduced in 1977 as a recovery vehicle for the new M60 tank, and is powered by a 750-horsepower Continental V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine, with a 10-horsepower diesel auxiliary power unit. In addition to newly-built M88A1s, the existing M88s were converted to the new design. Over 3,000 were built for the United States Army and Marine Corps, however they lacked the capacity to recover the M1 Abrams tank, and have since been replaced by the new M88A2.

1942 International-Harvester M-1-4 Ambulance

The International-Harvester M-1-4 is a 1/2-ton truck that was introduced in 1941 and was used exclusively by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. This example from 1942 is a field ambulance with a collapsible ambulance body built by the Boyertown Auto Body Works of Boyertown, Pennsylvania. One of the very few survivors of the nearly 900 built, it is now displayed at the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. The M-4-1 was also available as a cargo truck with removeable troop seats and sometimes fitted with a canvas top. It was replaced in 1942 by the 1-ton M-2-4, which was nearly identical in appearance.