Port Hueneme in Ventura County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Olive

TD-9 International Harvester Tractor

— with Bucyrus Erie Blade —

Olive Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 21, 2017

1. Olive Marker

Inscription.
International Harvester (IH) began manufacturing tractors in 1909. From 1939 to 1959, IH produced the TD-9 tractor. IH built 59,800 of these models, which it produced at it’s factory in Melrose Park, Illinois. Originally, farmers used these tractors for field work, however the U.S. military began employing the TD-9 as a light tractor during World War II. The Seabees used the TD-9, along with other brands of light tractors, to build the Navy’s bases throughout the Pacific Theater during the Second World War.
Donated by Milton E. Goodhart

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 34° 10.172′ N, 119° 11.742′ W. Memorial is in Port Hueneme, California, in Ventura County. It can be reached from the intersection of Ventura Road and 23rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Located in front of the US Navy Seabee Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3201 N Ventura Road, Port Hueneme CBC Base CA 93043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Los Angeles,

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Central Coast,

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Goodspeed Street Marker (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bard Mansion (approx. ¾ mile away); Bard Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Gerberding/Moranda House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Women’s Improvement Club (approx. 1.4 miles away); Bank of Hueneme (approx. 1½ miles away); Hueneme Slough (approx. 1.6 miles away); Point Hueneme Lighthouse (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Hueneme.

Also see . . .
1. International Harvester TD-9. TractorData website. (Submitted on October 18, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

2. Seebee. United States Naval Construction Battalions on Wikipedia. (Submitted on October 18, 2024, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Olive the Bulldozer and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 21, 2017

2. Olive the Bulldozer and Marker

Bulldozer in front of Seabee Museum image. Click for more information.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, April 21, 2017

3. Bulldozer in front of Seabee Museum

Naval History and Heritage Command website:
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Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 650 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 23, 2017, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.