World War II: The Persian Corridor


Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia on a ledge of a rocky mountain.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia on a ledge of a rocky mountain.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia on a ledge of a rocky mountain.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia on a ledge of a rocky mountain.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving along on a sandy desert road.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving along on a sandy desert road.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia making a rest stop in the desert.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia making a rest stop in the desert.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia stopping for a rest.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia stopping for a rest.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia winding around a gorge in the mountain pass.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia winding around a gorge in the mountain pass.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving on the edge of a rocky mountain.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving on the edge of a rocky mountain.



A truck driver checking the oil. He is with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Somewhere in the Persian corridor.

A truck driver checking the oil. He is with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Somewhere in the Persian corridor.



Somewhere on the Persian corridor with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The driver cleaning the desert dust off his windshield.

Somewhere on the Persian corridor with a United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The driver cleaning the desert dust off his windshield.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia stopping to check trucks and for the drivers to have a smoke on the desert.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia stopping to check trucks and for the drivers to have a smoke on the desert.



Somewhere on the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia on a mountain road.

Somewhere on the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia on a mountain road.



Somewhere on the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia at a fueling point.

Somewhere on the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia at a fueling point.



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Photographer: Nick Parrino

Source: The Library of Congress - American Memory


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