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In honor of Veterans Day on Saturday, we’ve compiled a group of photographs from the National Archives and the U.S. Army Center of Military History. While logistics jobs is probably not the primary considered in times of war, they’re vital to any war campaign.
Take a look at a few of the most interesting photos of wartime logistics below and thank our veterans for his or her service.
World War I
A shipment of Christmas mail arrives in Bruvans, France, during World War I in 1917. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
Soldiers in World War II open a shipment of holiday packages around a small Christmas tree. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
World War II
On Sept. 8, 1943, a jeep assembly line works to complete the making of military jeeps for World War II in only three minutes. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
Normandy
Artillery equipment is loaded onto landing craft tanks (LCTs) at an English port to organize for the invasion of Normandy, France, in June 1944 during World War II. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
A port in England prepares for Normandy and transports jeeps onto LCTs while larger trucks and geese enter landing ship tanks (LSTs) in June 1944. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
An ambulance is loaded onto an LST. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
These antiaircraft halftracks are loaded onto an LCT in preparation for the attack, specifically for the primary wave of assault from the German military on Normandy Beach. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
On June 6, 1944, Normandy Beach was loaded with supplies. (Photo: Signal Corps/National Archives)
The Korean War
On Sept. 16, 1950, two trucks cross a river by an underwater bridge, eight miles northwest of Taegu, Korea, on their strategy to the front line. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
Cranes load landing craft mechanized with gas through the Korean War on the Inchon inner harbor. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
On June 12,1951, troops of the 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment unload supplies on the harbor in Inchon. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
On May 23, 1953, a helicopter of the sixth Transportation Helicopter Company, U.S. Eighth Army, delivers C rations to the thirty fifth Infantry Regiment, twenty fifth U.S. Infantry Division, near the previous village of Panmunjom. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
In November 1953, the thirteenth Engineer Combat Battalion loads a truck for lumber transportation. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
On March 4, 1952, an aerial tramway transports supplies and wounded through the Korean War. (Photo: Fort Leonard Wood/Engineer History Office)
Vietnam
A helicopter prepares for a resupply mission through the Vietnam War in December 1967. (Photo: National Archives)
On Nov. 25, 1967, a gaggle of men from the third Battalion, 1st Marines take a break while they construct a bunker through the Vietnam War. (Photo: National Archives)
The Gulf War
On Feb. 8, 1991, a 6,000-pound rough terrain forklift moves supplies at a logistical base in northern Saudi Arabia through the Gulf War. (Photo: PFC John F. Freund/XVIII Airborne Corps History Office)
More rough terrain forklifts operate on the forward landing strip at Logistical Base Charlie. (Photo: PFC John F. Freund/XVIII Airborne Corps History Office)
(Photo: PFC John F. Freund/XVIII Airborne Corps History Office)
On Nov. 8, 1990, the 129th Postal Company unloads mail on the “Dragon City” compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. (Photo: PFC John F. Freund/XVIII Airborne Corps History Office)
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