A military cargo truck appears to teeter off the bow of the escort carrier U.S.S. Petrof Bay (CVE-80) in this official Navy photograph dated August 21, 1945, taken just days after Japan agreed to surrender. Loading and transporting vehicles by ship was a routine but visually dramatic part of Pacific logistics during World War II, as escort carriers ferried trucks, jeeps, and other equipment between ports and forward bases. Project: 218487