Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Veterans fill out paperwork with cashiers and the California Vehicle License Bureau to purchase surplus trucks and trailers from the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total. Text from original nitrate sleeve: War Assets Corporation - War Materials Surplus sale at Port Hueneme, Calif., May 1946: Drive-Away trucks: Sanchez, Manuel - San Pedro; Fletcher, Robt - LA; Fetherston, F.W. - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Goode, S.M. and Mrs. - Dana, Calif. (broken bow on truck); Farthing, Eldon - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Wilson, Leonard J.; Roberts, George - Reseda, Calif. (first truck sold); Roberts, George and Smurr, Hylen L.
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Veterans--American Economy Trucks--American--California--Port Hueneme Trailers--California--Port Hueneme War Transportation Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme United States. War Assets Administration
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