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Marston matting in vietnam.
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The marston mat owes its design to gerald g.
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Psp is standardized perforated steel matting material originally developed by the united states shortly before world war ii primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and landing strips.
And to many contributions by the army corps of engineers.
Pierced pressed steel planking named after the manufacturing process steel planking consisted of steel strips with punched lightening holes in it.
Army air corps visited camp mackall in rural north carolina and stood in a soft pitch of pine tar at the edge of its airfield.
Hooks and slots along long edges clearly visible a huge quantity of marston matting was left in the philippines by the u s.
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Forces after world war ii.
When first tested at langley field va in the summer of 1940 the ribbed steel plank was solid sheet.
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76 squadron raaf taxiing along marsden matting at milne bay in september 1942.
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Marsden matting was extensively used during world war ii by seabees construction battalions and other front line construction personnel to build runways and other readily usable surfaces over all kinds of terrain in the pacific theater.
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A curtiss p 40 warhawk piloted by squadron leader keith bluey truscott of no.
In 1941 a month before pearl harbor general hap arnold of the u s.
Conflict aircraft actually landed on pierced steel mats known as marston matting.
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With the numerous holes in the pierced steel plank psp mats the soil below the mats quickly eroded from the blast creating weak and uneven landing surfaces.