GPA and DUKW Walk Around
(Soft Cover)
Product Code: SS5710

Overview

By David Doyle.
The US used 2 main wheeled amphibians during WWII: the 1/4-ton
GPA and the 2-1/2 ton DUKW. Although the former was a Ford Motor
Company product and the later carried the label of arch-rival
General Motors, the 2 bore a similarity due to their common
designer - Roderick Stephens. Despite their shared origins and
cutting-edge design, the GPA and DUKW had vastly contrasting
careers. Production of the GPA, essentially an amphibious Jeep,
ended in 1943, just as the career of the DUKW, a virtual aquatic
truck, was on its way to becoming the 'gold standard' by which
other amphibians are measured to this day. After taking part in
the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the DUKW went on to
see action in nearly every other American amphibious landing in
WWII and came back to see service during the Korean War as well.
Illustrated with 263 high quality photographs, color art, and
profiles; 80 pages.