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USMC Marine Corps Jeeps
South Pacific natives see Marines for the 1st time during WWII.
Willys Slat Grill MB Jeep |
US Marine Corps Front Lines Ambulance Jeep |
US Marine Corps Ambulance Jeep stuck in mud on Okinawa |
A telephone trouble-shooting crew of Marine "A-P" hops into a jeep
and moves out to the scene of communications trouble on Guadalcanal. Sargeant
Jake Hill drives the jeep. The trouble-shooting stand by day and night
with extra wire, a test telephone, and repair equipment, ready to repair
any damage to the lines. 11/12/1942 Notice Marire Corps Lifting Rings
and Ram's Horn Tow Hooks |
LST loaded with many Jeeps and water buffalo trailers. Coast Guard
LST lands Marines during Cape Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December
24, 1943. |
A DUKW unloads a USMC Jeep by means of an "A" frame, which lifts vehicle
from the truck and places it on the ground. There were 140 DUKW's available
to the landing force and they fulfilled an urgent need at Tinian when rough
weather precluded all unloading by means other than DUKW's. |
USMC 4th Division Marines behind a Marine Corps Radio Jeep |
A USMC MB/GPW Jeep and a US Marine Wounded In Battle |
Saipan – Marines on foot and in a jeep, bypass the charred remains
of an American tank along a road on Saipan. The Leatherneck tankmen fought
a battle with Japs hidden in the concrete building at which the turret
gun is pointing. A gaping hole in the side wall is evidence of a
direct hit by one of the shells from the tank. |
Tarawa Airport Under Seige. Notice Truck Pioneer Tool Rack (with ax,
shovel, and pick ax) bolted to passenger side of the heavily loaded jeep
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Early USMC Jeep and auto at the Main Gate, El Toro USMC Base, El Toro,
CA |
Marines on Iwo Jima celebrate the War is over by crowding on a Ford
GPW Jeep with musical instruments. |
USMC Marine Corps Radio Jeep surrounded by equipment and accountrements
including M-1 Carbines, USMC Style Gas Can on Jeep, and a rare Water Can
on ground. |
Marine Lt. Gen. Holland M. "Howlin' Mad" Smith tours a captured airfield
on Saipan in a jeep. July 1944.
Notice shovel and ax. |
Eddie Rickenbacker rides in a jeep after his rescue.11/24/1942. At
a South Pacific base a few hours after his recent rescue from a life raft
on which he floated for three weeks, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker(right) flashes
his famous smile on his way to a meal of soup and ice cream. |
U.S. Marines march ashore as they arrive in six landing crafts at Cape
Gloucester on the northwestern coast of New Britain Island, New Guinea.
The Allied forces made a second big invasion operation of the Japanese
occupied island in an attempt to capture the big air base of Rabual, on
the southwestern coast of the island. Dec. 26, 1943 |
A Jeep from a Coast Guard-manned LST (Landing Ship Tank) being pushed
ashore through the surf at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, by Coast Guard
and Marines, December 26, 1943. |
Another USMC Jeep is delivered from the US Coast Guard-manned Assault
transport Callaway via a landing barge to American forces at Emirau on
March 20, 1944. A landing force composed of the 4th Marines landed on Emirau
Island, the second largest of the St. Mathias group.
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USN Navy Jeeps
Admiral Chester William Nimitz, the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific
Fleet, takes a ride around Pearl Harbor with his aides-de-camp in a jeep
presented to the fleet by the US Army in honour of their naval victory
at Midway Island. The former army jeep is painted battleship grey. 1942 |
OD painted USN marked Jeep - perhaps the first documented example of
the famous 'Jeep Wave'. |
A pilot stands next to an Olive Drab Green USN marked Jeep and points
at the flight roster board. |
An USN jeep with yellow markings provides a tow for a U.S. Marine glider
at Page Field, Parris Island, SC in May 1942. |
A Olive Drab painted USN jeep provides a tow for a U.S. Marine glider
at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina in May 1942. |
A USN jeep tows a USMC Glider on a field. |
A USN jeep tows a USMC Glider back to the hanger. |
USN Navy Jeeps on the deck of the USS Sargent CVE-83. |
USN Navy Jeep on the deck of an aircraft carrier at the scene of a
Corsair Crash 1945.
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US Navy GPW jeep on atoll, off of Bora Bora, Tahiti, 1944. This Jeep
was probably assigned to the Bora Bora Naval Base. After the attack on
Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 Bora Bora was selected as a South Pacific
military supply base. "Operation Bobcat" was the construction of
a seaplane base, airstrip, oil depot, and defensive fortifications on Bora
Bora in Tahiti which was manned by nearly 7,000 men. J.R. Eyerman,
Life. |
WWII Navy Jeep on Deck of submerged Submarine
(vintage advertisement) |
USN Armed Guards in jeep in 1944. The PT Boat and jeep are deck cargo
on the tanker SS Pan Maryland which made four trips to Africa and Italy.
William
J. Pires, Armed Guard, USN. The U.S.
Navy Armed Guard was a service branch of the United States Navy that
was responsible for defending U.S. and Allied merchant ships from attack
by enemy aircraft, submarines and surface ships during World War II. The
men of the Armed Guard served primarily as gunners, signal men and radio
operators on cargo ships, tankers, troop ships and other merchant vessels. |
Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS |
Sailors in a Navy Jeep |
Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS |
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USCG US Coast Guard Jeeps
WW2 Coast Guard Anti-Saboteur Patrol Jeeps. "Vital war shipping must
be protected on the docks....as well as on the high seas," reads an official
order by Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche, commandant of the U.S. Coast
Guard. These armed Coast Guardsmen are shown getting their orders at a
East Coast port before they start their patrol in the blitz. Coast Guard
jeep are marked on their hoods with "USCG" above the registration number.
The registration numbers start with "SC". The first jeep is marked "SC
156", the middle jeep is marked as "SC 164" and the jeep on the right is
marked as "SC 133". April, 1943. |
Coast Guard anti-saboteur patrol. A Coast Guard officer is shown at
an East coast port with armed Coast Guardsmen in a jeep as he inspects
the vigilant waterfront patrols that guard vital war supplies being shipped
across. Valuable shipping must be protected on the piers as well as on
the shipping lanes. April, 1943. |
WWII Coast Guard Port Security Patrol Jeep in NY.
Coast Guard Anti-Saboteur Patrol Jeep. Vital cargoes of war supplies
for America's far-flung battle lines must also be protected on the docks
and piers from enemy attempts at sabotage. The Coast Guard now uses jeeps
with armed Coast Guardsmen maintaining vigilant waterfront patrols. April,
1943
Link to Coast
Guard Port Security article (with Jeeps) |
The US Coast Guard also took WWII Jeeps and stretched them so that
they would accomodate the full Beach Patrol Crew. |
The US Coast Guard also took WWII Jeeps and stretched them so that
they would accomodate the full Beach Patrol Crew.
US Coast Guard stretched jeep at Smiths Point Station in 1945
Officers watching capsize drills. |
US Coast Guard stretched jeep at Smiths Point Station in 1945
Officers watching participants in school for launching surf boats. |
Jeep engaged in Coast Guard Beach Patrol Duty on the beaches of South
Padre Island, Texas. |
USCG Coast Guard Beach Patrol and Hut on South Padre Island, Texas.
See
the story of Red Lady for more about SPI Beach Patrol Patrol Duty. |
Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS |
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American built Jeeps in service with our Allies
British Airborne Commandos in a loaded down WWII Jeep and English Trailer |
British Airborne Commandos unload their jeep and towed 20mm Cannon
from their crashed glider. |
British(?) Assembly Area full of Jeeps in Rare
Mickey Mouse Ears Camouflage Paint Scheme |
Australian Army MB/GPW Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels |
Destruction After Battle for Caen, 1944. The French town of Caen was
captured from the occupying German army by British and Canadian soldiers
on July 9th, 1944. The town was badly damaged after five weeks of fighting
and the retreating German forces mined what was left of the town, slowing
down the Allied advance. |
Early Canadian Military Jeep. Notice Solid Rims, and short Mirror Arm |
Australian (?) Army Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels |
Civilian Evacuation at Falaise, Aug 1944. British and Canadian troops
round up the remaining men, women, and children in Falaise, France, and
lead them to safety in a jeep and trailer. Notice Tracked Trailer. |
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sits in a military jeep during a tour
of the ruined Reichstag in Berlin on July 16, 1945 |
Australian soldiers that were wounded in the fighting in New Guniea
are carried to a medical base. The standard American jeep has been readily
converted into an ambulance for efficient handling of stretcher cases.
In this case an early Ford GPW. Notice early Steering Wheel, mismounted
spare tire on 3 stud spare tire mount, First Aid Kit mounted on top
of the dash, instead of behind the dash as was normal, and it appears
that the jerry can rack is modified as well. |
Wounded soldiers are transported on a stretcher-carrier jeep ambulance
by members of the 23d Field Ambulance RCAMC assigned to the 9th Infantry
Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Basly, France, June 27, 1944.
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Wounded soldiers are helped from a stretcher-carrier jeep ambulance
by members of the 23d Field Ambulance RCAMC assigned to the 9th Infantry
Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Basly, France, June 27, 1944.
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Early Canadian Militatary Jeep. Notice Solid Rims and use of burlap
strip Camo Net. |
Police offiers in Willys Jeeps and sidecar motorcycles of the Swiss
army lead the convoy of guests to a post-war reception of the Princess
and Prince of the Netherlands in Bern. |
Two Airborne soldiers in the Oosterbeek pocket with Sten guns. The
man on the left is a signaller as he wears a set of headphones connected
to the Jeep above him, containing a longer-ranged Type 22 set. An Airborne
Trailer in the distance. |
"Sneezy" - an Aussie Army Jeep |
British SAS - Special Air Service - Jeep loaded with Machine Guns,
Gas Cans, and a Radiator Surge Tank. |
British SAS - Special Air Service - Jeeps in North Africa. |
British SAS - Special Air Service - Jeep loaded with Machine Guns,
Gas Cans, and a Radiator Surge Tank. |
British SAS - Special Air Service - with their highly modified WWII
Jeeps. |
British SAS - Special Air Service - Stirling napping against a jeep
tire. |
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CAPTURED WWII Jeeps
Fallschirmjäger inspect a captured American Jeep and trailer.
A German amphibious Volkswagen Schwimmwagen is parked in the background.
St. Lo area, Normandy, France, Summer 1944. |
Wehrmacht panzer troops with a captured American Jeep in Northern France
during the Summer of 1944. |
Wehrmacht panzer troops with a captured American Jeep in Northern France
during the Summer of 1944. German soldiers point out the U.S. marking for
the cameraman. |
American Jeep captured by German soldiers. |
German soldiers in a captured Soviet jeep on the Eastern Front. |
German soldiers of the Afrikakorps examining a captured allied Jeep.
Tunisia, 1943 |
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Dead Japanese soldiers on Saipan next to their now burned out captured
Jeep. When one of their party was killed by shellfire from American guns
on Saipan Island during World War II, the other three Japanese soldiers
with him committed suicide. |
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US AAC / USAAF Army Air Force Jeeps
The Crew members of a B-17 in jeep pose for shot in July of 1944. All
but three were killed on August 2, 1944. |
"Whitey The Dog" poses with Capt. Highfield and the 351st Fighter Squadron's
GLOSS OD painted Jeep. |
WAAC Deputy Director Major Betty Bandel with Jeep
Original caption:Major Betty Bandel, Deputy Director of WAACs, standing
in front of a jeep |
Pilots from the 322nd Bomb Group, 9th AAF pose with their jeep. The
322nd was stationed at RAF Great Saling in Essex in 1943-1944
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US Airmen return to England from a raid over Europe. The crew of an
Amercian flying fortress bomber named Dry Martini make their way to the
interrogation room to relay news of their completed mission. |
Mechanics installing a permanent hard top on a WWII Jeep in the motorpool
area of the 461st Bomb Group, 15th AAF. |
I bet the aircrew riding in this very stuck jeep wish they hadn't lost
the jeep's shovel. It would come in very handy about now. |
An Army Air orce 'Stretched' Jeep belonging to a B-24 Liberator Group
of the 15th Air Force in Italy. |
WWII Jeep and a B-29 Bomber taking off. Saipan, Dec.1944
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Early AAF Jeep. Basic flight training at Spence Field, Moultrie, GA.
pre-May 15, 1942. The trainer is a BT-13 "Valiant" |
Runway Trio: A MB/ GPW Jeep, a Piper Cub L-3 Observation Plane, and
a B-24 bomber. |
WWII Jeep and a B-29 Bomber on Saipan. |
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Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS |
With a Jeep and Jeep Trailer in the background, Flyers working out
of African desert airfields improvise a wash tub by lighting a fire under
a British petrol tin so they can do their laundry. Notice the early US
cube shaped FLIMSY Gas Can as well as British style 5 gallon Gas Can.
YANK Magazine Aug. 20, 1944 British Edition
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US Army Jeeps
Early Willys Slatgrill MB Jeep with a M-1917 30cal Heavy Barrel Water
Cooled Machine Gun on a pedestal mount. |
Willys Slatgrill MB with a 37mm cannon and a M-1917 30cal Heavy Barrel
Water Cooled Machine Gun. |
Early Ford Script GPW Jeep towing a .50cal Anti-Aircraft Gun
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Early Willys Slatgrill MB Jeep
"Serious map study on the hood of a Jeep." - 3/15/1943 |
Early Willys Slat Grill MB Jeep in Alaska |
American soldiers use the front of a Willys Slatgrill MB jeep as a
table on which to examine plans for further advances in Algeria. |
A very early Willys Slatgrill MB in England. Notice very early shovel.
Also notice Driver's fender top was never drilled for Blackout Driving
Lamp Bracket, the single windshield wiper, the rubber hood blocks, and
solid black steering wheel. British Black Out Modifications include: UK
version of Blackout Driving Light in front of grill, white painted front
bumper, and painted over headlights. |
Willys Slatgrill MB Army Jeeps & two Marmon-Herrington CTLS US
Tanks maneuvering in a mountain pass in Alaska. Summer, 1942. One tank
is CTLS-4TAY (Light Tank T15), with driver on with its turret offset to
the right, the driver sitting on the left. The other is CTLS-4TAC (Light
Tank T14) in which that arrangement is reversed.
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Military Police on guard besides Willys Slatgrill MB Jeeps in Watts
during Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, CA. Watts was a hot spot area
in last night's disorders. It was here that a mixed crowd of service men
and civilians began what looked like a house to house hunt for "Pachucos."
A truck filled with zooters was stopped by service men and "unloaded" amid
flying fists. 6/10/1943. Notice Gas Can Racks MWO added. |
Willys Slatgrill MB Jeep Dedication - Nina Bissell of Women's Auxiliary
State Guard breaks bottle across jeep bumper in ceremony at University
of San Francisco. Watching are (L to R) Lt. Col. Englehart, Mayor Rossi,
Lt. Clay. Students purchased enough stamps and bonds to pay for twenty
jeeps. Apr 8, 1942. Reverse
of photograph with news story. |
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American troops use jeeps to clear and plow thousands of acres of land
at Army camps and depots as part of a large-scale agricultural program
in cooperation with the British Army. Notice it is an early Ford Script
GPW. |
Willys Slatgrill MB being used as an unmanned moving target on a fixed
track. Probably for aerial target practice. |
A Willys Slatgrill MB jeep in mid air. |
Early Willys Slat Grill MB Jeep Postcard
French & US Flags |
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Jeep landing on beach with the help of early chain link fence type
Landing Mat. |
Very Early Jeep Wreck |
Two young evacuees of Japanese ancestry watch an army mechanic repair
an early Jeep at Santa Anita assembly center, Arcadia, California. 4/6/1942
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Early Jeep and Anti-tank guns of the defending forces in maneuvers
at Liliha and Judd Streets, T.H. Territory of Hawaii |
Jeeps following President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he visits Hawaii:
The presidential party arrives at St. Louis Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The famous Diamond Head looms in the background. |
MP Jeeps watch as a caravan of evacuees of Japanese ancestry enter
an undisclosed Internment Camp somewhere in California in 1942. |
FDR Greeting Troops from his jeep. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Greeting Military Personnel from inside a jeep. |
President Franklin Roosevelt reviews troops from a jeep at Casablanca.
1943. |
General Eisenhower having lunch on the hood of a Jeep at an AAF base.
Notice bullet shape siren on right fender of jeep. |
General Eisenhower in a jeep visiting front lines November 29, 1944.
Notice M-31C Pedestal mount with Data Plate, Traveling Arm, Ready Box,
and early M1919 Cradle. |
Gen. Eisenhower Driving a Jeep in England. 12-1-1944. Notice
device hanging from top of windshield - PA mircophone? |
Pushing through New Guinea jungles in a jeep, General Douglas MacArthur
inspects the positions and movements of Allied Forces, who would push the
Japanese away from Port Moresby and back over the Owen Stanley Mountain
range.Nov. 3, 1942 |
General Douglas MacArthur inspects the Leyte beachhead, Oct. 1944.
Notice the jeeps with water fording equipment. |
Major General Maxwell Davenport Taylor, commander of the 101st Airborne
Division, behind the wheel of a jeep in France 1945. Notice D-Day Invasion
Windshield Paper Label Flag, Leather Rifle Scabbard, and Tow Rope. |
Lieutenant General George Patton, Jr. waits in a parked jeep with another
officer. The general's dog Willie, an English Bull Terrier, sits behind
him. |
General Patton inspects troops from his modified jeep "War Eagle" |
General Patton's Jeep of 3rd Army HQ. Notice electric Windshield Defroster
in position on driver's windshield. Also, jeep has both General's License
Plate and Flag. Air horns, and air tank (behind front bumper), as well
as fender mud flaps, cowling, and doors modifications. |
Celebrities in an Army Jeep West of Algiers, Algeria. Martha Raye,
Caroll Landis, and Kay Francis ask a local Algerian for directions as they
drive toward Algiers. |
Bill Mauldin in his Jeep "Up Front" at age 23 in Rome.Italy. |
General Omar Bradley, commander of the U.S. 12th Army Group, presents
an American carbine and jeep to Marshal Ivan Konev of the Russian army
following a banquet celebrating victories of their troops near Berlin,
Germany. 1945.
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MB Jeeps are under manufacture on an assembly line in a Willys-Overland
Motors plant in Toldeo, Ohio. 1943. |
Ford Factory Photo - Ford's GPW Jeep Assembly Line |
Ford GPW ICT Auto Test Jeep |
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MB/GPW
WWII Jeep in a SUP crate
SUP or Single Unit Pack - WWII Jeep In A Crate
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A U.S. army soldier with a sub-machine gun and another in a jeep guard
the looming S. S. Partos which was damaged and had capsized against the
dock when the Allies landed at the North African port, in 1942. Notice
fender mounted decontaminator.
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Jeeps and trailers being processed for overseas shipment and amphibious
driving, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 11 May 1943. |
WWII Jeeps double stacked for shippment being loaded on a cargo ship. |
Heavily loaded WW2 Jeeps are placed onboard landing craft for the trip
over to Normandy, France. Jeeps are equiped with deep water-fording kits
and wire laying spools. This US Navy picture was taken 'Somewhere in England'
in 1944. |
Truck, 1/4-ton, 4x4 Willys MB with windshield and radiator barricaded
with plywood, Newport News, VA, 23 March 1943. The plywood is fastened
with steel tape to hold the windshield down for overseas shipment. From
"Preparation of Unboxed Ordnance Materiel for Shipment." an Ordnance Department
publication. |
A barge loaded with jeeps is steered towards a cargo ship during World
War II. Notice Ax and Shovels. |
Normandy Invasion, June 1944. A Coast Guard manned transport lowers
a Jeep into a LCM landing craft during June 1944. |
Jeeps and other Military Vehicles awaiting shipment to France at Southampton
docks prior to the D-Day landings. |
D-Day June 6, 1944. American troops and 1/4-ton jeeps on board a Coast
Guard-operated LCT on their way to Utah Beach. The Invasion of the continent
is on. |
Attack Vehicles Enter LST On Beach. LST 404 was transferred to the
Brits in 1942, so this may be a photograph of the mobilization for Normandy.
Another LST has a card on the bow reading LST-15, which was in the Pacific.
The jeep at the lower right has a one-star general's license plate and
the general can be seen in the passenger's seat. (See follow
up letter on my WWII JEEP STORIES
Bulletin Board) |
GI's in foxholes and Jeeps with water fording kit snorkels fill the
Normandy Beaches on D-Day. |
Columns of GI's march past jeeps as they move off the beaches of Normandy
on D-Day. A Censor has blotted out building tops to prevent the determination
of the exact location of the troop movements. |
D-DAY France – Two American soldiers lie dead beside their jeep. They
were caught in a deadly German machine gun fire as they rolled down the
ramp of their landing craft, and died as they left the tiny car to seek
cover. In the background, a prime mover goes about its job of salvaging
blasted equipment. |
A bustling scene as American troops, Jeeps, and equipment moves forward
constantly to bolster advanced positions inland from Normandy, France beaches.
6/14/1944 |
American soldiers leave their jeep in the road when they come under
fire from German mortar and machine guns. July 1, 1944. |
Two jeeps wade ashore after exiting a landing craft. |
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What's left of an MB/GPW Jeep destroyed at Chaumont, Belgium. |
German sniper has grandstand seat in a jeep procession in France. Vehicle
mounts two machine guns, one .50 caliber Heavy and one .30 caliber Light. |
American convoys passing the ruined city of Isigny on Wed, July 4th,
1944. |
A heavily loaded Jeep with gypsy rack on the cover of the British Edition
of YANK magazine Aug. 1944. |
U.S. Army Ammunition Company Fording Road Wash
January 1, 1945 |
Soldiers watch a Bastogne supply drop surrounded by a wide variety
of jeeps. |
Jeeps and trucks lined up on a snowy forest road. Deep snow banks on
a narrow road halt military traffic in the woods of Wallerode, Belgium
January 30, 1945. |
December 23, 1943 Soldier in jeep looking at sign in Italy. "Vino!
Speedo! Morto! Translated into English this Italian sign means "Wine, Speed!
Death!" |
Clifford Harlan Hullinger of South Dakota. World War II service in
Africa and Italy with the 109th Combat Engineers, 34th Infantry "Red Bull"
Division (National Guard). Monte Cassino, Anzio, Po Valley. His
blog is a good read. |
U.S. troops travel deep into Sicily on August 17, 1943. Italian forces
surrendered one month later. Near Nicosia, Sicily. |
WWII Jeep at the Entering Germany Sign |
The arrival of American Jeeps of the Allies excites the curiosity of
inhabitants of this Sicilian village, especially the children. |
WW2 Jeep in the rain.
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Officers in a jeep read a sign directing "Rubbernecks About Turn -
You hinder the men at the front". Photo looks like it was created, rather
than actually taken. Original Caption: "You Got Business Here?" - This
sign, somewhere on the French front, asks touring GI Joes. A more serious
order might rile the independant Yankee, but give it to him with a touvh
of humor and he accepts it with a grin. It makes him feel closer to home,
too. |
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A convoy of American jeeps proceed along a trail through the jungle |
American Soldiers driving in jeeps to Manila on March 01, 1945 for
Troop Rescue. Soldiers from the First Cavalry Division of the United States
Army drive toward Manila to release American and Allied nationals held
in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, near Manila, Philippines. |
77th Army Division marches to the front at Yigo along road slashed
through jungle vegetation of northern Guam. Men, jeeps and tanks make up
the procession. 8/31/1944 |
February 2, 1943: An American jeep proceeds along a trail through the
jungle on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands during World War II.
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Ford Factory Photo - Testing GPW Jeeps fit into a CG-4 glider. |
Ford Factory Photo - Testing GPW Jeeps fit into a CG-4 glider. |
Jeep Being loaded into a C-47 in Italy |
Jeeps surround a A B-29 Superfortress that rests on a dirt mound after
it crash landed with two engines working at Iwo Jima, Japan during World
War II. The U.S. Army Air Force plane was damaged in a raid over Tokyo.
April 21, 1945. Notice Fender mounted decontaminator.
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WWII color photo of jeeps of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of
the 101st Airborne Division. |
1st Infantry Division Jeeps and Jeep Trailers of the 'Big Red One'
move into the Fatherland. Infantrymen of Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th
Infantry Regiment enter into Frauwullesheim, Germany, February, 28, 1945.
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A courier jeep named "Dixie Flyer". Notice: horn on top of Windshield
Frame, shipping stencilling, various welded on mud guards, permanent hardtop
& doors installed, and something odd about the muffler area - a recessed
tool box or ? |
Unknown GI in Jeep. Notice correct single front footman loop for shovel
strap. |
Parisians show what they'd like to do with Hitler: Two French partisans
deface a portrait of Hitler propped up againt a jeeps front bumper. They
were part of the vast throng which turned out for the victory parade honoring
the liberators of the French capital. |
A row of Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps sit in the ETO before their planned
shippment to the PTO to continue fighting the war on Japan. |
These Ex-Army PRESS Jeeps lined up on the Avenue des Champs-Elysees
in Paris were the 1st jeeps sold as surplus in October 1945. |
A Willys MB belonging to the 49th Infantry Division UEO |
ETO Late War MP Military Police Jeeps with Red MP Light, License Plate,
Wood Winter Top, shop made fender mud extensions. These 2 original photographs
of late WWII MP jeeps with lots of field modifications were taken right
after Germany's surrender as US occupation forces moved in. |
ETO Late War MP Military Police Jeep with Red MP Light, License Plate,
Wood Winter Top, shop made fender mud extensions. These 2 original photographs
of late WWII MP jeeps with lots of field modifications were taken right
after Germany's surrender as US occupation forces moved in. |
A late war jeep getting a cleaning. |
Jeeps in the MotorPool at Schweinfurt, Germany in 1945. |
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Don't Be A Dope Poster
With an air of complete unconcern
Joe Dope speeds his Jeep ’round a turn
And slams on his brakes
At each stop that he makes
You’d think we had tires to burn!
Don’t be a dope! Handle Equipment Right! |
WWII MB/GPW Jeep Engines - Cheap!
A vintage J.C.Whitney Co.advertisement. |
Jeeps of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team
Members of the 442nd RCT advance in the Chambois Sector, France
early Autumn 1944. Notice the M1917 water-cooled .30cal machine
gun on M-48 dash mount, unusual rifle rack location, windshield cover,
jeep trailer, tow rope and anti-decapitation device (the
piece of metal welded to the front bumper of the jeep, which was to protect
the jeeps occupants from a favorite German trick - stringing a wire across
a road at head height with the intention of decapitating a jeeps occupants).
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Members of Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat
Team and Company D, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment load
confiscated enemy material into a Jeep Trailer which is run down a line
of material at the 5th Army concentration area in Brescia Area, Italy on
18 May 1945. |
Delivering mail from a jeep of the 442nd RCT
Notice leather rifle scabbard and windshield
cover.
The 442nd RCT was formed out of second generation
Japanese Americans (often referred to as "Nisei") who volunteered to fight
for the US against the Axis. The 442nd started the war in Italy before
being moved to France in September 1944. |
Notice unusual mounting of metal rifle holder and hand pick through
side grab handle as well as Machine Gun Dash Mount.
Title from back of print: Two members of the Free French of the Interior
act as guides for men of the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat
Team in France. Second Lieutenant Arthur McColl of Chicago, Illinois, stands
in front of a Jeep driven by Private First Class William I. Soma, of Kealia,
Hawaii. Pierre Moulin notes that the picture was taken in Chambois devant
Bruyeres on 14 October 1944. The two French guides, Paul Charpin and Paul
Gerard, are on the back of the Jeep. |
Notice antidecapitation device, tow rope, and windshield cover.
5th Army, Castellina Sector, Italy: At a forward command post, Private
First Class Bob T. Nakamura of Oahu, Hawaii, 442nd Regimental Combat Team,
34th Division, makes sure that his laundry won't be lost in a sudden move
by hanging it on his jeep. 12 July 1944 |
Post-war: 1946-08-09, Honolulu, Hawaii: The 442nd Regimental Colors
are displayed here by First Sergeant Thomas S. Harimoto of Oahu, Hawaii.
President
Truman affixed a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon to the colors recently.
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Pfc. Noel Okamoto, 442nd Regimental Combat Team 232nd Combat Engineer
Company, poses with a jeep that he recalls "borrowing" from his company
commander in 1945. |
Jeep with Large Siren with Red Light on fender, a fender mounted decontaminator,
and the canvas windshield cover. Secretary of War Henry L. Stinson greets
a Captain of the 442nd RCT on Route 68, north of Cecina, Italy on 06 July
1944. |
American soldiers of Japanese descent, Infantrymen of 442nd Regiment,
running for cover as German artillery shell is about to land outside these
buildings in Italy. April 04, 1945
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Members of the 442nd combat team drape themselves on a jeep to dress
after a cool swim in the Leaf River near Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 7/1943.
The 442nd combat team at Camp Shelby is composed entirely of Americans
of Japanese descent who volunteered for services in the armed forces. This
unit of approximately 8000 men is undergoing intensive training in all
branches of combat duty, and they are looking forward with eagerness to
actual services at the front.
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Keep 'Em Rolling is the universal slogan of all motorized units in
the army. Here a member of the 442nd combat team prepares to go into action
with the grease gun on one of the now familiar and famous jeeps at Camp
Shelby, Mississippi. 7/1943.
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The already famous jeeps, a string of which are shown here, are kept
in perfect running order at the field motor pool Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
7/1943. The 442nd combat team at Camp Shelby is composed entirely of Americans
of Japanese descent who volunteered for services in the armed forces. This
unit of approximately 8000 men is undergoing intensive training in all
branches of combat duty, and they are looking forward with eagerness to
actual services at the front.
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Two American army vehicles which have already made names for themselves
in World War II are the Jeep and the Ford GPA Amphibian. Units are here
shown being serviced in the motor pool at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 7/1943.
This unit of approximately 8000 men is undergoing intensive training in
all branches of combat duty, and they are looking forward with eagerness
to actual services at the front.
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Jeeps,
Jeep Trailers loaded in Assault Gliders
Another
account of Jeeps in Assualt Gliders
Memories:
A Jeep Driver In France
Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS |
Pfc. Noel Okamoto, 442nd RCT, 232 Combat Engineer Company, driver of
platoon leaders jeep. (story) |
Medic / Ambulance Jeeps
Early Willys Slatgrill Ambulance Jeep |
US Medical Department's Portable Optical Repair Unit mounted on a 1/4ton
Jeep. |
Jeeps, Jeep Trailers, and Medical equipment for combat use of an infantry
battalion aid station on Oahu, T.H |
Captain Nelson inspecting a half-ton jeep with a permanent metal frame
for carrying three litters somewhere in Australia. 1942. |
1/4-Ton Truck "Litter Jeep" of A Company (Collecting Company), 324th
Medical Battalion, during field exercises at Camp Maxey, Texas in 1943 |
U. S. Soldiers Evacuating Wounded From Jungle, 1943. Soldiers on the
New Georgia Islands carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher, while another
wounded soldier lies on top of a jeep. |
Medics unloading wounded from Ambulance Jeep at Battalion Aid Station
in Italy. |
MB/GPW Jeep Ambulance and Medics in Italy. |
Jeeps and Jeep Trailers used for transportation of personnel &
equipment of 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group teams in Italy. Notice Pick Ax
on front bumper of jeep. |
Medic tends to what appears to be a child in Normandy, France
Notice Gas Can arrangement.
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Jeep Ambulance bringing wounded back across the Moselle. |
Giving plasma to a 1st Special Service Force soldier while he is being
evacuated by jeep to a collecting station. |
Jeep Ambulance of the Medical Detachment of the 32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division, note extra Geneva Convention markings. |
Evacuation during the Battle of the Bulge by 1/4-Ton Truck Jeep Ambulance
in deep snow by the Medical Detachment personnel of the 393d Infantry Regiment
in the vicinity of Monschau. During the winter of 1944-45, jeeps were used
extensively for medical evacuation in the ETO. |
Two medics from the 740th Field Artillery Battalion at the Entering
Germany Sign, East of St. Vith, Belgium, 31 October 1944 |
Germany, March, 1945 - MB/GPW Medics and Their Jeeps. When attached
to Infantry or Airborne Divisions for armored support, the Medical Detachment
personnel of the 70th Tank Battalion often worked together with other 'medics'
pertaining to different organizations. This picture shows members of the
Medical Detachment, 254th Infantry Regiment, 63d Infantry Division. The
70th Tank Battalion was temporarily attached to the 63d Infantry Division
from 12 to 18 March 1945. |
Wounded Soldiers Strapped to Litters on Jeep 4/27/1945. Wounded GI's
strapped to their litters are placed aboard a converted jeep for transportation
to the rear from the fighting zone on Okinawa, Japan. Steady progress is
new being made on this island in spite of increased Japanese resistance.
Notice Decontaminator mouinted on fender. |
Medics of the 10th Mountain Division evacuating wounded in a jeep while
tanks wait to use the one-lane road, April 1945 |
91st Division medics at Pianoro, April 1945 |
While evacuating a patient from Langscheid, this Medical Technician
had a close call ... just look at the vehicle. |
Photo from the report of the Office of the Surgeon, 101st Airborne
Division, 31 January 1945: Litter Racks for Modification of Truck 1/4 ton,
4x4 devised by Louis Schadegg, 1st Lieutenant, MAC, killed during the Operation
"Market", have been installed on all medical jeeps of the division. This
is the most practical litter rack for Truck 1/4 ton, 4x4 seen in this Theater.
It has been adopted by the 82nd Airborne Division. This rack is particularly
adapted to use by airborne troops since it can be left mounted on the vehicle
and the vehicle still loaded into either the C-47 aircraft or the CG-4A
glider. |
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World War Two JEEP SALVAGE OPERATIONS
WWII Jeep Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
A major collection, storage, and re-utilization program was set
up on the Japanese island of Okinawa after the WWII. I've been told that
when the Korean War was in full swing, that Jeeps were collected from all
over the pacific (including the small islands) and brought here to be either
rebuilt or canibalized for spare parts to keep other vehicles operational
for the Korean War effort. Jeeps that had been abandoned at the end of
WWII, were now needed again and were worth the effort of going back and
getting them. As can be seen in these photo, many jeeps were basket cases
after sitting neglected for several years in tropical and/or island enviroments. |
WWII Jeep Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
WWII Jeep Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
WWII Jeep Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
WWII Jeep Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
WWII Jeep Trailer Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
WWII Jeep Trailer Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan, 1949 |
Tires at WWII Jeep and Trailer Salvage Operations, Okinawa, Japan,
1949 |
WWII Jeep Junk Yard.
GPA's, Jeeps, and Jeep Trailers in heaps |
WWII Jeeps and parts of various other Military Vehicles lie piled up
in France. |
The sign at the Tombolo salvage operations in Italy. More military
vehicles transferred from US inventory to the Italian government forces
in 1947. On a side note, both durring and after the war the remote
wooded areas of Tombolo were used as a hideout for deserters, black-market
racketeers, and criminals. Italian director, Giorgio Ferroni, made
a movie “Tombolo, paradise nero” based on the times in 1947. Nicholas Fersen
also wrote a book “Tombolo” in 1954.
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These WWII Jeeps at a vehicle salavage area were transferred by the
US Army to the Italians near Leghorn, Italy in 1947. Alfred Eisenstaedt
photo.
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Jeeps at a vehicle dump that was transferred by the US Army to the
Italians near Leghorn, Italy in 1947. Alfred Eisenstaedt photo.
In WWII the Fifth Army's 442d Regimental Combat Team, a Japanese-American
unit destined to become one of the most heavily decorated of the war, took
the port of Leghorn on July 19, 1944 and reached the banks of the Arno
River a few days later.
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Rows of US made HalfTracks lined up at the vehicle dump in 1947 that
was transferred from US Army to the Italians near Leghorn, Italy.
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Huge stacks and stacks of war weary Willys MB and Ford GPW World War
Two Jeeps await salvage or scrapping in Pusan, Korea in 1960.
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Huge stacks and stacks of war weary Willys MB and Ford GPW World War
Two Jeeps await salvage or scrapping in Pusan, Korea in 1960.
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Huge stacks and stacks of war weary Willys MB and Ford GPW World War
Two Jeeps await salvage or scrapping in Pusan, Korea in 1960. |
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Loading a Jeep into a C-47 Cargo Plane
Loading the ¼-ton truck into a cargo airplane. |
Loading the ¼-ton truck into a C47 Transport plane. |
Interior of the C-47 cargo airplane. |
| The C-47 airplane. This airplane has a pay load of 4900
pounds when loaded with 450 gallons of gasoline and is capable of carrying
the 37-mm gun, the 75-mm howitzer and the 105-mm howitzer, M3, but no heavier
weapons. Early models have a door only 70 inches wide; later models have
a door 84½ inches wide which permits the 1/4-ton truck to be loaded.
Weapons and vehicles are loaded by hand by means of a ramp. - From "Loading
of Field Artillery Materiel for Air Transport", Instruction Memorandum,
Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March 1943. |
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New Vacuum Windshield Wiper Kits for 1/4ton Jeeps
Fig. 1 - Finished installation of new the vacuum windshield wiper
kits for 1/4ton jeeps |
| Some of you jeep herders can start riding “no hands”as
far as your windshield wipers are concerned. A new vacuum-operated windshield-wiper
kit, Item Stock No. G503-5700249, is being issued for ¼-tons in
areas where the rain is heavy and the downpour season long. A TB (Technical
Bulletin), out soon, will give the authority and parts numbers. The kit’s
complete with two motors, arms and blades, tubing, hose, clamps, and fittings
to do the job. All you need’s a few tools and a little energy. Fig. 1 shows
the finished installation. Remember, this kit’s for where it keeps
rainin’ all the time, practically, and both hands are better off on the
wheel. Kits are expected to be available this month (May 1945), but don’t
bust your pencil making out requisitions unless you qualify as a long-term
rain-in-the-face. - From Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1945 |
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