The Iola Military Vehicles Show with Old Working Wheels hosted more than 150 vehicles and over 10,000 visitors on August 8-10, 2008. Military Vehicles Magazine is proud to share a few scenes from the show.

(all photos by John Adams-Graf, editor, Military Vehicles Magazine)

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The swap meet once a well-kept secret. Now, trading begins as early as Thursday morning


The reenactor camps were open to the public.


Some French-Indochina reenactors.


A vehicle scene in camp.


Some American firepower


CCKW and M24 ‘Weasel’, Randy Lamers.


1941 WC-26 Carryall, Tom Cavis.


1970 M35A2 Kaiser Jeep 2-1/2-ton cargo truck, Paul Smaglick


M123 10-ton Tractor, Alfa Heaven.


Bombardier Iltis, no name plaque.


Dodge W-300, Danish Army, Marvin Dahlke


German reenactors before Saturday’s WWII battle.


M3 Scout Car played an instrumental role in the Vietnam reenactment


Orchard tractor on display in the Old Working Wheels section


Tractors ranged from workers to relics.


1944 John Deere Lindeman Crawler, Charles Thompson.


Ford GPA owned by Chet Krause.


Vendor sites take on a unique flavor in Iola!


M37 was for sale Saturday morning.


Two trucks offered for sale by Marvin Dahlke.


M817 5-ton Dump Truck, no name displayed.


M35, no name displayed.


Some of the trucks offered for sale by Alfa Heaven.


1968 M274A5, Don Meinhardt.


1968 Kaiser Jeep M35A2, Doug Diederichs.


1971 AM General M35A2C, Russ Thill.


1953 M37, Carl Reinemann.


1971 Kaiser M35A2, Todd Martin.


M725 Ambulance, no name displayed


1945 MB, Gil Snyder.


1940 VC-3, Chet Krause.


1940 VC-1 Command Car, Chet Krause.


1940 VC-6 Carryall, Chet Krause.


1942 Case SI Airborne, Delvin Wurz.


During the Vietnam reenactment, some “air support” flew in to the fight.