1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy

This article deals specifically with the U.S. Army's 1919 transcontinental Motor Transport Corps convoy.
For more general coverage of these WWI-era U.S. vehicle convoys, see: Transcontinental Motor Convoy

1919 "Trans-Continental Motor Truck"[1]

The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train"[1]) carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. McClure and Captain Bernard H. McMahon were the respective expedition and train commanders[2] and civilian Henry C. Ostermann of the Lincoln Highway Association was the pilot[3] (guide).[4] Official observers included those from the Air Service, A.S.A.P.,[specify] Coast and Field Artillery, Medical Corps, Ordnance, Signal Corps and Tank Corps including the then Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower.[5]: 5  Eisenhower later said he joined the convoy "partly for a lark, and partly to learn."[6]

  1. ^ a b Eisenhower, Dwight D. (3 November 1919). "Eisenhower's Army Convoy Notes 11-3-1919 Rock Island Arsenal". Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on 18 November 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Principal Facts Concerning the First Transcontinental Army Motor Transport Expedition" (PDF). pp. 7, 10, 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Gettysburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ^ Hokanson, Drake (1999). The Lincoln Highway: Main Street Across America. University of Iowa Press. p. 83. ISBN 9781587291135. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jackson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Ike's Excellent Adventure". The Attic. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.