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1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy, a Common card
The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then was ferried across the San Francisco Bay, ending their journey in San Francisco.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 52
- Power
- 122
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,600
Power 122 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Eisenhower later said he ______ the convoy "partly for a lark, and partly to learn."
Answer
joined. Eisenhower later said he joined the convoy "partly for a lark, and partly to learn." From the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy article on Wikipedia.
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Answer
1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy. 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy 70 · Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson 65 · 79th Fighter Squadron 62 · Alvin Drew 59 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. McClure and Captain Bernard H. McMahon were the respective expedition and train commanders and civilian Henry C. Ostermann of the Lincoln Highway Association was the pilot.
- Official observers included those from the Air Service, A.S.A.P., Coast and Field Artillery, Medical Corps, Ordnance, Signal Corps and Tank Corps including the then Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Eisenhower later said he joined the convoy "partly for a lark, and partly to learn."
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy article was read about 7,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 52: each hit it takes is cut by 21 %.
How to get 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Army, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
