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Marine Corps trucks in Korea
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2003 - 03:40 AM UTC
What trucks did the Marine Corps use in the Korea war ? I know they had International M-5H-6 6x6 cargo trucks, but as I have put my scratchbuilding project on the back burner, I would like to know if they widely used GMC 2-1/2 ton trucks as well. What about the Dodge WC 62/63 ? The reference pics I have do not help me...So maybe one of you can
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2003 - 07:58 AM UTC
I'm sure that if they had it in WWII, they had it in Korea. I have books that have photos of Marines in GMCs in Korea, as well as loads of jeeps. I'll bet they used the Dodges as well.
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2003 - 09:31 AM UTC
Most of the equipment used in Korea was holdovers from WWII, especially in the early days. As far as ground units were concerned a truck was a truck they all had basically the same vehicles in the motor pool, except for mission modified specials, even Navy and Air Force units had the same basic rolling stock.
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