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80-G-54852: Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943

80-G-54852: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942-August 1943. Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943. Geeheebee “What-You-Call-It” Serves the Joint Forces. Variously called “geeheebee,” “Jahemy,” “le Tourneau” and “jeramy”, the ungainly structure shown in this series of pictures made by Navy photographers on Attu Island in the Aleutians, does a mighty job of moving and lifting for both the Army and Navy. The Army Engineers use it widely in construction work, such as earth clearing for air fields, swamps and cantonments. The Navy puts oil drums on top to float it to shore, then employs the gadget to lift boats and barges, making a movable drydock. It takes little aboard transporting vessels, being stored on deck so that space beneath it may still be utilized. Tractor hauls up to boat mover and its load. The geeheebee bearing a landing craft comes ashore under the pull-power of a tractor. There, lifted clear of the beach, by the cumbersome equipment, the boat can be repaired, May 11, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06).

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Caption: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942-August 1943. Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943. Geeheebee “What-You-Call-It” Serves the Joint Forces. Variously called “geeheebee,” “Jahemy,” “le Tourneau” and “jeramy”, the ungainly structure shown in this series of pictures made by Navy photographers on Attu Island in the Aleutians, does a mighty job of moving and lifting for both the Army and Navy. The Army Engineers use it widely in construction work, such as earth clearing for air fields, swamps and cantonments. The Navy puts oil drums on top to float it to shore, then employs the gadget to lift boats and barges, making a movable drydock. It takes little aboard transporting vessels, being stored on deck so that space beneath it may still be utilized. Tractor hauls up to boat mover and its load. The geeheebee bearing a landing craft comes ashore under the pull-power of a tractor. There, lifted clear of the beach, by the cumbersome equipment, the boat can be repaired, May 11, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/06).

Accession #: 80-G-54852