Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Veterans line up for a surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale, from the War Assets Administration, 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. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [Port Hueneme]
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Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme Economy Trucks--American--California--Port Hueneme Government Trailers--California--Port Hueneme War Queues--California--Port Hueneme Veterans--American United States. War Assets Administration
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