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An interesting story if true and kudos to the young driver and his Packard with the ability to travel over what must have been a stretch to even call a road in places. Wonder if he ever put his talents to use elsewhere after he got back.

I seem to recall reading that Eisenhower's defense highway AKA the federal interstate system was conceived and his insistence on building it was because of his remembering the horrible experiences with traveling on what the US called roads and in many places, a complete lack thereof when he was a young officer involved with a coast to coast Army convoy in the early part of the century. The convoy had trucks, horses and wagons and probably a whole lot of outside support in going across the country but apparently it was still a trip with uncountable difficulties. Maybe young Mr. Hall should have been in charge.

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Accompanied by his mother! 20 months! Mom, please forgive me, but you wouldn't have been at the top of a list I made of things that I would have considered essential to circumnavigate the earth. And certainly not when I was 20 years old.
Howard (HH56), thanks.

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Yes, Howard, if. Circumnavigations of the world were very popular back then. One managed it in 20 months, accompanied by his mother, another in 20 days - including crossing the Sahara and overcoming the Himalayas.
To quote the below shown article: "...crossed the Sahara on one fill-up...". At over nine million square kilometers, the Sahara is the largest dry desert in the world. That's almost the size of the entire USA on one fill-up.

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source: The Scottsman; 20-04-1934
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