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Caption: Marker detail: Army Transport Convoy
Additional Description: A 3 mile long Army Transport Convoy makes its way through Van Wert in 1919, showing the "efficiency of the army's transport service" and demonstrating the "inestimable value of a system of national highways." The Wilkinson Printing Co. is identifiable in the left of the photo. Young Army Officer Dwight David Eisenhower was a member of this motor convoy and credited the experience when supporting the Interstate Highway System as President in 1952.
Submitted: August 29, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p536653
File Size: 0.274 Megabytes

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