Office of War Information photographer Nick Parrino somewhere in the Persian corridor in the Jeep in which he rode to make a photographic record of the first run by an all American United States Army convoy carrying supplies for Russia (1943) https://www.loc.gov/resource/fsa.8d29649/

Under the Lend-Lease policy, more than 4 million tons of supplies, from canned food to warplanes, were carried by rail and truck from ports on the Persian Gulf through Iran to Soviet Azerbaijan.

Additional photographs taken by Parrino during the war.

"Little is known about photographer Nick Parrino. His surname reveals his Italian origin, but his date and place of birth are still unknown. He appears to have lived in Cleveland, Ohio, where he died in 1979. Before the war, he worked as a photographer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. For the OWI Parrino has photographed on various war fronts, including North Africa, the Middle East and Italy. He worked as a photojournalist for Wide World Photos and, after the war, was the photo editor of Newsweek magazine. He was also director of the photography library of Cities Service Co. (later CITGO) where he worked until 1967." -- La Voce dell'Isola

After the Battle of Kasserine Pass in late February 1943, the 9th Air Force was pounding Axis troops through Tunisia, where nearly a quarter million Germans and Italians would surrender in early May.

Up next was the invasion of Europe. At the Casablanca Conference in January, the British plan had prevailed over the American preference for a cross-Channel move into France. So this B-24 likely was bombing Sicily in July.

Over 18,000 B-24s were produced between 1940 and 1945. They were rapidly phased out after the war, though the Indian Air Force flew them into the late 1960s.

If Nick Parrino was brought to Libya and back, just to take this single photo it was wort the effort.

For those who have seen it, this scene will likely call to mind a memorably forgettable episode of the Twilight Zone

Someone who has obviously logged a lot more flight time in a B-24 than the ~40 minutes I did in Diamond Lil back in 2014 (and he's dressed a lot snazzier than I was to boot). Of the 18,188 B-24s built, she's one of the only two still flying: http://commemorativeairforce.org/aircraft/3