World War II: The Persian Corridor


Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving past Iranian huts. A waterfall is in the background.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia moving past Iranian huts. A waterfall is in the background.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The convoy passing through a Persian village.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The convoy passing through a Persian village.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia. Snow covered trucks start pushing through the mountain passes of Iran.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia. Snow covered trucks start pushing through the mountain passes of Iran.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia climbing a mountain road over the Iranian mountains.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia climbing a mountain road over the Iranian mountains.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia climbing a mountain road over the Iranian mountains.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia climbing a mountain road over the Iranian mountains.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia making a risky climb over a mountain pass.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia making a risky climb over a mountain pass.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The driver is cleaning the mud from his windshield.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. The driver is cleaning the mud from his windshield.



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

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



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Just below the top of the mountain climbing the steep grade.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for the aid of Russia. Just below the top of the mountain climbing the steep grade.



Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia. Truck drivers standing around a fire after the tough drive through a snowbound mountain pass.

Somewhere in the Persian corridor. A United States Army truck convoy carrying supplies for Russia. Truck drivers standing around a fire after the tough drive through a snowbound mountain pass.



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Photographer: Nick Parrino

Source: The Library of Congress - American Memory


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