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Antique military vehicles from the Military Vehicle Preservation Association wind through Washington, D.C., June 13, 2009, at the start of an annual journey that commemorates the Army's first transcontinental motor convoy. About 45 vehicles will make the 3,251-mile trip from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco in 26 days traveling at about 35 mph. The first motor convoy in 1919 comprised 24 officers and 258 enlisted men and took 62 days.

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Antique military vehicles from the Military Vehicle Preservation Association wind through Washington, D.C., June 13, 2009, at the start of an annual journey that commemorates the Army's first transcontinental motor convoy. About 45 vehicles will make the 3,251-mile trip from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco in 26 days traveling at about 35 mph. The first motor convoy in 1919 comprised 24 officers and 258 enlisted men and took 62 days.

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