From Gas Engine Magazine in the Dec/Jan 2000 isssue:
35/12/1 LeRoi Crawler Q. I recently purchased a LeRoi crawler tractor in Belgium. It has LeRoi on the front and sides of the radiator, but also has a plaque on the instrument panel, TOBIAS TRACTOR MODEL G-140. LeRoi was in Milwaukee and Tobias was at Oakland, California.
I have been told this tractor was made for the U.S. military for the Normandy landings in World War Two. I recently met two retired Army persons who said they had three attached to their unit, and the other said that they were used in France and Belgium during the war.
Can anyone provide further information? Geoffrey Morison, Upper Neatham Mill Farm, Upper Neatham Mill Lane, Holybourne, Alton, Hampshire GU34 4EP England.
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