Michael Auslin remembers the First Transcontinental Motor Convoy: “One hundred years ago, on July 7, 1919, a procession of over 80 U.S. Army vehicles embarked on the First Transcontinental Motor ...

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The first Army transcontinental motor convoy used 81 Army vehicles, 24 officers and 258 enlisted men. They covered the 3,251-mile journey in 62 days, according to the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

The Military Vehicle Preservation Association’s Jefferson Highway convoy is traveling the historical route this month. It’s ...