Middle Eastern
Theatre of
Operations
Troops on the move. Command car on far left. Tunis, Tunisia May 1943
(Photo Courtesy of Life Magazine)
This WC-57 belonged to the ATC (Air Transportation Command)
based at Muharraq, Bahrain, 1943. The caption reads:
"Ancients
Piled Coral Sand to Build Bahrain's Prehistoric Tumuli.
Thousands of such artificial mounds dot the depression
near air-conditioned quarters at Awali. Some of them are
probably 4,000 years old, but who built them is still a mystery."
(National Geographic Magazine)
This photo is from the website, " Marshall Stelzriede's Wartime
Story - Experiences of a B-17 Navagator". The photo was taken
in Iran in the Caucasus Mountains in March of 1944 of
members of the 27th Air Transport Group, 87th Squadron.
Note this command car bears the name 'AMERICA'.