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Vacuum Windshield Wipers for Jeeps
Maintenance notice about new vacuum windshield wiper kits for jeeps from Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1945: Vacuum Windshield Wipers for Jeeps Some of you jeep herders can start riding “no hands”—as...
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Jeep Tows a Glider
A jeep provides a tow for a U.S. Marine glider at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. in May 1942. (Library of Congress, fsac.1a35111.)
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Don’t Be A Dope II
Another humorous “Don’t be a dope!” poster from WWII. Don’t be a dope! Handle Equipment Right!With an air of complete unconcern // Joe Dope speeds his Jeep ’round a turn // And slams on his brakes //At...
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Jeep Trailer
Two detail views of the WWII jeep cargo trailer from ORD 8 SNL G-529: Spare Parts and Equipment for Trailer, ¼-Ton Payload, 2-Wheel, Cargo, 1942-42 (American Bantam T-3 and Willys MBT), Headquarters,...
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Don’t Be A Dope III
Another “Don’t Be A Dope” training poster starring Joe Dope: When the Stukas begin to attackAin’t the time to make up for a lack Of cleaning your gun - Which won’t shoot at a HunWith a month’s...
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Cavalry Reconnaissance Antiaircraft Weapons
Antiaircraft security while moving: from Cavalry Field Manual FM 2-30: Cavalry Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. War Department, March 1943. SECURITY — While Moving. Antiaircraft weapons in all...
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Instructions for dealing with Jeeps with Solex carburetors from Army Motors, September 1945. YOU CAN’T START A FRENCH-REBUILT JEEP UNLESS.... A quick way to go stark, raving nuts is to sit at the wheel...
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SAS Jeep
New 1/35th-scale plastic model kit from Dragon: No. 6724, SAS 1/4-Ton 4×4 Patrol Commander’s Car.
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Voting Overseas, 1944
Original Caption: MARIANAS IS. — Propped against the wheel of his jeep with a veteran’s happy indifference to mud, bearded S/Sgt Dale Blakeslee of Carson City, Mich., (his last shave was 9 July, 1944),...
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Jeep Sling
Instructions for making a jeep lift bar from the 881st Ordnance HAM Company, from Army Motors, July 1945. JEEP SLING TO GIVE 1/4-TONS A LIFT WITHOUT ALSO GIVING ‘EM A PAIN IN THE REAR END Ordinarily,...
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Waffen SS in the Ardennes Figures
New 1/35th-scale resin German figure sets from D-Day Miniature Studio: • No. 35027 — Waffen SS Soldiers at Rest, Ardennes 1944 • No. 35030 — Waffen SS Jeep Crew, Ardennes 1944 Figures are also...
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Jeep of the 80th Infantry Division
Jeep, soldiers, and mascot from the 305th Combat Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 80th Infantry Division in Germany, April 1945. The photograph labels the passengers as Capt. Pacheco (?), T/5...
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Dug-in Jeeps
Two photographs taken in Italy during WWII show several U.S. Army jeeps dug-in to protect from shell fragments.
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Cartoonist Bill Mauldin
Bill Mauldin, famous Willie and Joe cartoonist, is shown in these two snapshots in his jeep nicknamed “Jeanie” near the Po River in Italy.
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