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New York Bureau
Leyte, P.I. – One of the most natural obstacles which confronted Americans as they landed on Leyte to drive out the Japs was the mud. Thick and slimy, it bogged down mechanized vehicles and slowed the advance of the infantry. Here, Cpl. William Stahl, Kansas City, MO., tries to drive his jeep out of a mud bog, in which he car sunk to the top of the wheels. Lt. John A. Farnsworth, San Francisco, is pushing from the back.
Credit (ACME photo by Stanley Troutman, War Pool Correspondent)