Can you identify this military equipment?
April 15, 2017 2:36 PM   Subscribe

My late father fought in the Korean war and, among his personal photos, I found this one. It's apparently some sort of non-weapon trailer but, other than that, I have no idea. I know his unit spent some time in Japan and I believe that is Mount Fuji in the background. Many thanks.
posted by LastOfHisKind to Grab Bag (4 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: Given the look of the thing and the activity going on around it, I'd guess it's a mobile laundry unit, maybe an M85-100 or its predecessor.
posted by multics at 2:52 PM on April 15, 2017 [3 favorites]


Generator?
posted by dustkee at 2:52 PM on April 15, 2017


Best answer: It looks identical to this mobile laundry unit.



Allied Forces Hqs.
Men of the Amer. Quartermaster Corps operating mobile laundry unit which does 25,000 pounds of laundry a day, 7 days a wk. while doing work for 30 medical installations in the area.
Location: Ferryville, Tunisia
Date taken: 1943
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
posted by FallowKing at 3:06 PM on April 15, 2017 [4 favorites]


Response by poster: Wow that's awesome. Thanks, y'all!
posted by LastOfHisKind at 3:08 PM on April 15, 2017


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