Liberty Trucks

U.S. Army’s Transcontinental Motor Co​nvoy

When the U.S. Army’s Transcontinental Motor Convoy embarked on a 3,251 mile journey from Washington to San Francisco in the summer of 1919, Liberty trucks were a part of the caravan. The Convoy was a column of 81 vehicles manned by 24 officers and 258 enlisted men of the Engineers and Motor Transport Corps.

The purpose of the U.S. Army’s Transcontinental Motor Convoy was to determine the military value of assorted vehicles that the army had acquired but not put into service during World War I. The convoy was composed of 81 vehicles manned by 24 officers and 258 enlisted men of the Engineers and Motor Transport Corps. The convoy embarked on a 3,251 mile journey from Washington to San Francisco in the summer of 1919, and Liberty trucks were a part of the caravan .

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