There were many CCKWs that were issued Corps of Engineers responsibility,and did not make it into the common TMs that most of us have seen.
They were:
Refuse Collection Truck (Garbage Packer) mounted on a CCW 6X4 Chassis. It had a 12 cu yard body made by Gar Wood industries.
Machine Shop, Heavy,
Machine Shop Light
Small Tool Repair
Map Layout, Reproduction
Photographic, Map Reproduction
Photographic Reproduction
Plate Grainer, Reproduction
Plate Process, Map Reproduction
Laboratory, Map Reproduction
Electrical Repair shop
General Purpose Repair Shop
Truck, Bolster
These Trucks were still items of issue as late as August 1957, but were on the way out of the system as the 2 1/2 Ton M-Series Reo with similar equipment was replacing them.
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While not a factory derivative several CCKW's were converted post-war in Japan into buses due to an Army need for buses. Crismon's Wheeled Vehicles book has a picture of one being used as an ambulance during Korea and I have often wondered how many were converted. I know that the Army's MAAG unit in Saigon, which became MACV in mid '62, had one as well as other WW2 vehicles (jeep, CCKW) as I rode in the bus '59-62 and it was painted gloss black along with the others.
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Well back then everything was relative but I remember once it got rolling it seemed to do fine, I was in it one block from the Presidential Palace when they attacked it during one of the coup attempts and the driver was rowing through the gears pretty well. Rowing is actually a good description, being a flat nosed COE configuration the driver sat beside the engine cover and the tranny shifter came up and over this cover from the rear so I imagine it had quite a throw when shifting. On the other side of the engine was a short bench seat going fore and aft where I usually sat, really an interesting vehicle. The radiator fill cover was an old GMC script grille emblem mounted on a hinge.
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Little stories like yours are a breath of fresh air and very interesting.
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In the out of print "Frontline Color" series that includes six books about air war in Korea publishedby Osprey, there is a photo of a CCKW LWB with a ramp that is built over the cargo body to facilitate the loading of cargo on C-54 aircraft. I will research which of the books it was pictured in.If you like US Air Force history in Korea, this is an excellent series, Warren Thompson is the Author and the 6 different books are just full of rare color photos dedicated to 5 different aircraft. Issie 1 is Mustang Units, #2 F-86, #3 F-84 Units, #4 is B-26 Units, #5 is F-80 Units,etc. Too bad that it was discontinued, as it showed many pieces of WWII ground equipment including the M-1 Bomblift, M-27 Bomb Service Truck, Refueling Trailers, MBT Trailer with seats used as a taxi by the pilots, etc.
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