Original WWII Jeep Photograph Archive

I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to send me their original photograph.email me if you have a question, or you see something broken on this website.
Especially Charles Baisden, AVG - Flying Tiger, Dick Rossi, AVG - Flying Tiger, Bill Garriott, and Frank Warner. New additions from Colin Stevens,

DO YOU HAVE ORIGINAL WWII JEEP PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS?
If so, please send them to me (email, or USPS) so I can share them with the world. Thank you, Brian
 

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The word JEEP in Chinese characters
WWII Willys and Ford Jeeps in China & Burma


AVG "Flying Tigers" Jeeps
1941 Ford GP of the AVG - pre-Dec. 7th, 1941
1941 Ford GP of the AVG - pre-Dec. 7th, 1941
1941 Ford GP, assigned to 2nd & 3rd SQ AVG  Flying Tigers - 3rd SQ AVG Armorers on 1941 Ford GP Loiwing, China
3rd SQ AVG Armorers on 1941 Ford GP Loiwing, China
2 photographs above courtesy of Charles Baisden, Armorer, 3rd Squadron, "Hells Angles" - American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers"

Subj: Jeep photos          Date: 9/12/2002 6:29:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time         From: AVG VET, Chuck Baisden,  Armorer, Gunner

I have no objection as to posting the photo although I have no idea who took the original unless it was one of our AVG photo people.
The smaller photo was probably taken prior Pearl Harbor. I did not take the picture.
The larger photo was taken in April or May 1942.
I believe this was a jeep that was originally assigned to the 2nd Squadron and the lettering behind Poshefko may be the Flying Tiger Insignia.
Chuck Baisden
Charles Baisden enlisted in the Army Air Corps at 19 and retired at 44 as a Master Sgt.  At 20 he volunteered for the American Volunteer Group as an armorer with Chennault's famed Flying Tigers. When that elite group was broken up on July 4th 1942, he returned to the United States, but soon returned to the CBI theater flying as a B-25 gunner with another of the original Flying Tigers, R.T. Smith, in the First Air Commandos. The end of WWII was not the end of combat for Sgt. Baisden.  He saw service in the Korean War as an armorer in the 80th Fighter-Bomber Squadron,  8th Fighter-Bomber Group, and as a gunner on B-29s in the 93rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bomb Group. His last days in the Air Force were  with the 308th, 2nd, and 19th Air Refueling Squadrons as an in-flight refueling technician in KC-97s. His story is told in his book "Flying Tiger to Air Commando"


AVG Pilot Ed Overand 3rd Squadron and ? in a 1941 Ford GP prototype
AVG Pilot Ed Overand, 3rd SQ. and ? 
in a 1941 Ford GP prototype
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AVG Pilot Dick Rossi polishing boots on hood of squadrons 1941 2nd series Ford GP prototype Jeep Feb. 1942 Mingladon Airfield, Rangoon
AVG Pilot Dick Rossi polishing boots on hood of 1st Squadrons, "Adam and Eve's", 1941 2nd series Ford GP prototype Jeep
Feb. 1942 Mingladon Airfield, Rangoon
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Keith Christensen, AVG Armorer 3rd Squadron Hells Angels 1941 Ford GP prototype Jeep
Keith Christensen, AVG Armorer
3rd Squadron "Hells Angels"
1941 Ford GP prototype Jeep
Alex Milhalko, AVG communications in 2nd Pursuit Squadrons Ford GP Jeep
Alex Milhalko, AVG communications
2nd Pursuit Squadron Panda Bears in 1941 Ford GP Jeep
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AVG Jeep heading towards trucks
AVG Jeep heading towards trucks
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5 Photographs above courtesy of Dick Rossi, Flight Leader, 1st Squadron "Adam and Eves" - American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers"


Photo of Ford GP Jeep on AVG Airfield
Photo of Ford GP Jeep on AVG Airfield
Photo of Ford GP Jeep in Rangoon China
Photo of Ford GP Jeep in Rangoon China
Photo of MB / GPW Jeep at CBI Airfield
Photo of MB / GPW Jeep at CBI Airfield

Go To Photographs of the AVG Flying Tigers Today Page
Go To List of Books on the Flying Tigers

 
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China Air Task Force / CATF,
10th AF, 14th AF CBI Jeeps
Garriott Group Willys MA Close Up
1941 Willys MA prototype Jeep
Garriott Group Willys MA. A cluster of pilots talking to the guys in the jeep by the tail of one of the planes. The info in ink was a pilot's name over
Willys MA & Ground & Air Crew

Go To List of CBI Air Bases
Go To List of CBI Air Transport Command Bases
 

Garriott Group Woody from AVG
Woody Assigned to Airbase
probably an ex-AVG vehicle
May/June 1943, 16th Fighter Squadron, 14th Air Force. Kweiyang in KunMing, China
Photos taken by Lt. Ken Garriott, P-40 Pilot

Subj: RE: Jeep photo        Date: 8/16/2002 11:50:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time        From: wdg@po.cwru.edu

Dear Brian,
Sadly, I don't have any other photos of that (or any other) jeep in China. I have a small photo of a jeep from a year or two earlier at an American base. This bugs me, because I have always loved jeeps.

As to what is written at top and back, I have no info. I wouldn't even know if markings were consistent with the other vehicles there.

Alas, dad didn't even get any good prints of his or other P-40's either! As someone pointed out to me, the boondocks of China during the war was not a great place for photo equipment or chemistry! All supplies for the bases had to come over the Hump, and photo items were RARE. His CO didn't have a camera, and Dad's prints were very small (sometimes a contact print from a 35mm neg!), and of poor quality even tho' he could take a very good photo. Some of his stuff just wasn't stabilized & fixed properly. So maybe he shot them, but wound up throwing prints away...

As to where, etc. I will look at the pages it is from and narrow the information down. They were at several bases, so I'll have to check. Again, it would have to be between May '43 (dad's arrival in China) and July 4, '43 when several of these guys (in this series of shots) went home. The jeep of course could easily go back to the AVG, since the 14th AF took over bases and equipment from those guys.  -- Bill

Subj: RE: Jeep photo        Date: 8/16/2002 12:44:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time        From: wdg@po.cwru.edu
Brian,
Sure, use it! If it helps, the info I have right now would be May/June '43, 16th Fighter Squadron, shot by Lt. Ken Garriott (for photo ref). I'll try and get you the base name and location.

I'll send the uncropped version, which also shows a cluster of pilots talking to the guys in the jeep by the tail of one of the planes. The info in ink was a pilot's name over where he was situated in the photo. -- Bill

RE: Jeep photo        Date: 9/13/2002 9:45:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time        From: wdg@po.cwru.edu
Brian,
Sorry for the delay. Here's the unedited photo of the Willy's Jeep. Can't see any markings on hood, although may have been sun-bleached. Have included the Woody wagon only because it appears to have been same base -- I'm guessing Kweiyang in KunMing from context, and shows the American with Chinese markings on side. Since the KunMing base was one of the "original" bases, dating to AVG, this is probably the Woody (and perhaps Willy's) original to AVG. One of the guys on the forum mentioned a Woody. However, the markings would therefore NOT be original, since US Army was officially on scene until July 1942 (CATF), with 14th AF in place early 1943 (when these were shot, prior to July 4).

Left the Jeep photo HUGE (600k unopened, 2+ MB once opened) for you to do with what you wish. For anyone out there who knew dad, or was in 16th squadron, you might credit the shot to Capt. Ken Garriott, 16th Sqdn, 14th AF, '43. Those guys get a kick out of photos of their history.

Enjoyed your site, finally got the REAL scoop on where the name "jeep" came from! -- Bill

Subj: Georgia Peach      Date: 9/27/2002 6:47:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time      From: wdg@po.cwru.edu
Hey! Nice site with the original photos and letters. 
Didn't know you were taking photos of "State-side" jeeps. I do have one of those, which I'm attaching--the jeep is rather small, and the photo is not cleaned up. Perhaps I can get a larger scan of the jeep sometime.
This was taken at Basic flight training (Spence Field, Moultrie, Georgia), sometime before mid-May, 1942. The trainer is a "Texan".  --Bill
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Gen. Joseph Stilwell in Burma, 1944
Jeep photos from Stilwell's bodyguard's photo album
General Stilwell bending over passenger side of Ford GPW; Driver: T/5 Windom M. Braud, and the Chinese guy in the back I believe is his cook, who they nicknamed Buttercup.
General Stilwell bending over passenger side of Ford GPW; Driver: T/5 Windom M. Braud, and the Chinese guy in the back I believe is his cook, who they nicknamed "Buttercup."
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General Stilwell bending over passenger side; Driver: T/5 Windom M. Braud, and the Chinese guy in the back I believe is his cook, who they nicknamed Buttercup.
Photo of actress Paulette Goddard, and actors Pat O'Brien and Keenan Wynn that was taken when their plane developed mechanical problems while they were touring in a USO show.  The area was near the front and my father and others were assigned to guard them until their plane was repaired and they could take off again.  My father* is holding a ledger book that he used as a journal and had people make comments in.  Paulette Goddard signed her autograph in the book while the picture was being taken.  I still have the book with the autographs of the actors.
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The pictures below of the jeeps crossing the river is accompanied by an article from the local Chicago newspapers of the day describing the event.  My father is in the second jeep, in the back seat next to the Chinese soldier, as the article describes.
The pictures of the jeeps crossing the river below are accompanied by an article from the local Chicago newspaper of the day describing the event.  My father* is in the second jeep, in the back seat next to the Chinese soldier, as the article describes.
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General Stilwell leading a group of Jeeps across a river in a 1942 Ford GPW.  See article above.
General Stilwell leading a group of Jeeps across a river in a 1942 Ford GPW.  See article above.
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Second Jeep: Driver, Dara Singh, Passenger, Sgt. Paul Gish, Rear seat, Pfc. Myles A. Schauer, Chinese soldier, unknown.
Second Jeep: Driver, Dara Singh, Passenger, Sgt. Paul Gish, Rear seat, my dad*, Pfc. Myles A. Schauer, Chinese soldier, unknown..
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General Stilwell sitting in a 1942 Ford GPW along side another GPW.
General Stilwell sitting in a 1942 Ford GPW along side another GPW.
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Unknown GI standing in the drivers side. My dad, Pfc. Myles A. Schauer, to the right.
Unknown GI standing in the drivers side. 
My dad*, Pfc. Myles A. Schauer, to the right.
Jeep is named "FRANCES"
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Unknown GIs in a Ford GPW Jeep named FRANCES. Note strange front bumper and what looks like pin up girl art on driver's side lower windshield pan
Unknown GIs in a Ford GPW Jeep named FRANCES. Note strange front bumper and what looks like pin up girl art on driver's side lower windshield pan
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Unknown GI in late model MB/GPW. Note unit insignia on passenger side lower windshield pan. Notice correct # of shovel footman loops.
Unknown GI in late model MB/GPW.
Note unit insignia on passenger side lower windshield pan
Notice correct # of shovel footman loops.
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Subj: WWII Jeep Pictures      Date: 6/27/2003 7:48:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time       From: gijive@aol.com 
Hi Brian,
I was perusing your jeep page and noticed that you would like original pictures of family members with WWII jeeps. I have a couple of photos of my late father, who served as a driver/bodyguard for Gen. Joseph Stilwell in Burma in 1944.

Would you be interested in email images of these photos? What format (JPG,BMP,TIF, etc.)do you prefer? Do you want them a certain size or do you resize them for your web page? Let me know your preference and I'll send the photos.
Regards,
Chuck Schauer

--- From: BriMilJeep ---
Wow!   Thanks!  I have a special liking of the groups in the CBI.  It would be great to get some pics from your father's stuff.
The more the better. I will create a section for him & his jeep photos such as I did for others GIs on my Original Jeep Pics Page.
Email them is great.  ' jpg' type is best.  The larger/higher resolution the better. I will resize as needed.

If you have any letters that mention jeeps or the descriptions of the circumstances surrounding the taking of the photos please include that as well.

Thanks again for taking the time to help out.
Brian 

Subj: Re: WWII Jeep Pictures     Date: 6/28/2003 12:02:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time     From: GI Jive 

Hi Brian.
The attached file contains several JPG images of jeeps and three of the photos have additional images with arrows pointing to my father.  Unfortunately, I don't know who the other individuals are pictures sitting or around the jeeps.  The one picture, #3, with actress Paulette Goddard, and actors Pat O'Brien and Keenan Wynn was taken when their plane developed mechanical problems while they were touring in a USO show.  The area was near the front and my father and others were assigned to guard them until their plane was repaired and they could take off again.  My father is holding a ledger book that he used as a journal and had people make comments in.  Paulette Goddard signed her autograph in the book while the picture was being taken.  I still have the book with the autographs of the actors.

The picture of the jeeps crossing the river is accompanied by an article from the local Chicago newspapers of the day describing the event.  My father is in the second jeep, in the back seat next to the Chinese soldier, as the article describes.

I hope you enjoy the photos.  Use them as you see fit.  I don't have my father's unit number or official assignment, but he was assigned to Stilwell's Headquarters in the Northern Area Combat Command, while he was assigned to bodyguard and occasional driving duties.

Let me know if there is any other information I can provide.
Regards,
Chuck Schauer
1730 75th Ave.
Elmwood Park, IL 60707

Hi Brian,
Just thought I would follow up to my earlier email message.  When I said I didn't know who the others were in the jeep photos I wasn't referring to the pictures of Gen. Stilwell and his regular bodyguard detail.
The personnel in the photos are as follows:
Photo Jeep1:  General Stilwell bending over passenger side; Driver: T/5 Windom M. Braud, and the Chinese guy in the back I believe is his cook, who they nicknamed "Buttercup."
Photo Jeep2:  Unknown standing in the drivers side.  My dad to the right.
Photo Jeep3:  Already mentioned.
Photo Jeep4:  Unknown, same jeep and location as previous picture.
Photo Jeep5:  Unknown.
Photo Jeep6:  First Jeep: Driver, T/5 Windom M. Braud, Passenger, Gen. Joseph Stilwell, Rear seat, Lt. Col. Ernest F. Easterbrook.
                     Second Jeep: Driver, Dara Singh, Passenger, Sgt. Paul Gish, Rear seat, Pfc. Myles A. Schauer, Chinese soldier, unknown.
                     Third Jeep: The attached article mentions six people, but only four are pictured in the jeep, so I am not sure.
Photo Jeep7: Same sequence as the previous picture, but apparently one of the jeeps has broken down and they are transferring personnel or equipment.  Same people as previous photo.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Chuck Schauer

--- From: BriMilJeep ---
Hi Chuck.
I got the pics, they are great!  Thanks!  I tinkered with them in Photoshop, adjusted a few things and made them into Thumbnails, Standard, and Extra Large sizes.
Should you turn up any more I would love to get them as well.
Thanks again, 
Brian
PS. Some sources spell the name Stillwell, but I am using the US Post Office spelling.
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Warner Very Early Jeep Photo & Jeep Letter

Pic Links to full size Orignial Jeep Photo
May 1942, Camp McQuaide, California
Pic Links to full size Orignial Letter
March 26, 1942 Pasadena, CA

Subj: Re: Warner Jeep letter        Date: 8/29/2002 9:08:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time        From: frank_warner@yahoo.com
Hi Brian,
Here is my father Sgt. Thomas E. Warner's Jeep letter to his Aunt Dora Warner.  My father lives in Stowe, Pennsylvania, these days.  He has four sons. The March 26, 1942, letter with the drawings, is addressed to his Aunt Dora E. Warner in Whitford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, but really is to both his Aunt Dora and his Aunt Rena Kilkery.    --- Frank

  It says:

March 26, 1942            [Letter from Pasadena, California]

Hi Aunties,
I received the fudge yesterday and was very glad to receive it.  That's one thing that I've wanted since I've been out here on the West Coast.  Homemade fudge just hit the spot.  When I get back I'll have some more or even better -- sometime again, you can send me some more.  Thanks a whole lot.

The other day I was on guard again.  It wasn't day it was morn-ing.  Time: 2:00 AM to 6:00 AM.  Just walking around the motor pool those four hours.  I'm still tired from walking and stiff.

Yep, I think I'm a driver.  They've assigned me to a car, and trying to give me some work to do, but I still haven't gotten my license so I can't drive yet.
        [drawing]
My jalopy looks something like this.  It's a Dodge four wheel drive.  They call it a "carryall" or "panel car."
At Monmouth we called them "jeeps," but a jeep looks something like this.
        [drawing]
Anyway it looks something like that.  It's a reconnaissance car.
        [drawing]
A peep is on the order of this, but in about a month or less I'll send you pictures of each to show you what these scribbles are.
Your loving nephew,
Tom

Subj: Re: Warner Jeep Photo        Date: 8/29/2002 9:08:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time        From: frank_warner@yahoo.com
Hi Brian,
Here is the picture my father Thomas E. Warner sent of himself in a Jeep shortly after he sent the letter with the drawings.
My father (Thomas E. Warner) was a Pfc. in May 1942, when that Jeep picture was taken at Camp McQuaide, California.
Later that year, he was sent to Iceland. At the end of 1944, he was in the Battle of the Bulge. Then he was in the crossing of the Rhine and a few smaller campaigns until the end of World War II.  He rode a truck in the Bulge, and later stole a German Swimmerwagen (sp?) as short-term transportation.   --- Frank

--- From: BriMilJeep ---
Hi Frank,  WOW    GREAT   PICTURE!  That's a really early jeep - solid steering wheel, fire extinguisher mounted on passenger side, solid rims, round muffler. Leather Rifle Scabbard hanging on driver's side windshield arm. No radio junction box on passenger side.  Great!  Thanks again  ---  Brian


Dr. W. R. Eubank, Capt. US AAC, and his Alaskan Jeep

Me and My Jeep Dr. W. R. Eubank & Lt. Fox Adak, Alaska July 1943
"Me and My Jeep" 
Dr. W. R. Eubank & Lt. Fox 
Adak, Alaska July 1943 
Truck Lt. Fox MC. (Calif.) & Captain W. R. Eubank  77th B.S. Disp Adak Alaska July 1943
Truck Lt. Fox MC. (Calif.) & Captain W. R. Eubank
77th B.S. Disp Adak Alaska July 1943
jeep rear  404th B.S A.P.O. 980 - 1943
jeep rear with top up
404th B.S A.P.O. 980 - 1943 
Volleyball  in Adak, Alaska August 1943
Volleyball in Adak, Alaska ~ August 1943
jeep in background
Dr. Will R. Eubank MD served in the United States Army in the Air Corps as Aviation Medical Doctor in the 404 Bomber Squadron during World War II. Part of this service was in Alaska - primarily in the Aleutians, with 12 months service on Adak and Shemya. "Father told us about his experiences in Alaska, in a very positive way. There were stories about the rugged snow capped mountains and fields of wild flowers. He talked about the miles of beach that he walked and his flights a medical officer in B-17s & B-24s in bombing raids flown over the Rat Islands and Kiska". For more... Go To his website



MISC Original World War Two Army, Navy, Marine Corps Jeep Photos
This is the very first Bantam prototype, Bantam Pilot Model #1, just before delivery. Bantam designer Karl Probst is in the passenger seat, and Bantam manager Harold Crist is in the drivers seat. Note the rounded grill and fenders.
This is the very first Bantam prototype, Bantam Pilot Model #1, just before delivery. Bantam designer Karl Probst is in the passenger seat, and Bantam manager Harold Crist is in the drivers seat. Note the rounded grill and fenders.
US Army 1938 Marmon-Herrington, Ford 4x4 Reconnaissance Car with two .30 caliber machine guns.  It was based on the same chassis used for the T1 Bomb Service Truck. It never went into series production.
US Army 1938 Marmon-Herrington, Ford 4x4 Reconnaissance Car with two .30 caliber machine guns.  It was based on the same chassis used for the T1 Bomb Service Truck. It never went into series production.
1941 Ford Pygmy Prototype Jeep
1941 Ford Pygmy Prototype Jeep
1941 Willys Quad Prototype Jeep
1941 Willys Quad Prototype Jeep
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep jumping
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep jumping
1941 Willys Quad Prototype Jeep being driven up the stairs at the Capital, Washington, DC
1941 Willys Quad Prototype Jeep being driven up the stairs at the Capital, Washington, DC
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep getting airborne
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep getting airborne
Willys MA Prototype Jeeps on assembly line, 1941
Willys MA Prototype Jeeps on assembly line, 1941
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Bantam Prototype Reconnaissance Car Mk-II / BRC-60 at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada
1941 Ford GP prototype Jeep driven by Colonel H.J. Lawes, Post Commander, Quartermaster Motor Transport School, Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo is dated 1942.
1941 Ford GP prototype Jeep driven by Colonel H.J. Lawes, Post Commander, Quartermaster Motor Transport School, Holabird Quartermaster Depot, Fort Holabird, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo dated 1942
1941 Willys MA prototype Jeep at the Desert Training Center, Indio, CA, June 1942.
1941 Willys MA prototype Jeep at the Desert Training Center, Indio, CA, June 1942.
2 Bantam BRC-60 MkII 4x4 Light Reconnaissance Cars (Postcard)
2 Bantam BRC-60 MkII 4x4 Light Reconnaissance Cars
(Postcard)
Ford GP, Willys MA, and Bantam BRC prototype jeeps at testing trials conducted by US Army
Ford GP, Willys MA, and Bantam BRC prototype jeeps at testing trials conducted by US Army
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep at Camp Pickett VA (Postcard)
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep at Camp Pickett, VA
(Postcard)
WAC with 1941 Bantam BRC-60 Mark II Prototype Jeep (Postcard)
WAC with 1941 Bantam BRC-60 Mark II Prototype Jeep
(Postcard)
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep
Bantam BRC40 4x4 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, Feb. 1941
1941 Bantam BRC-40 Prototype Jeep
1941 Ford GP prototype 1/4 ton 4X4 Light Reconnaissance Car
1941 Ford GP prototype 1/4 ton 4X4 Light Reconnaissance Car
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep
1941 Willys MA Prototype Jeep
1941 Bantam BRC-40 Prototype Jeep with experimental 37mm Antitank Gun mount
1941 Bantam BRC-40 Prototype Jeep with experimental 37mm Antitank Gun mount
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep with 4-Wheel Steering
1941 Ford GP Prototype Army Jeep with 4-Wheel Steering
Willys MA with Santa at Camp Lee, Virginia, Quartermaster Replacement Center, Christmas 1941
Willys MA with Santa at Camp Lee, Virginia, Quartermaster Replacement Center, Christmas 1941
1941 Bantam BRC-40 Prototype Jeep with experimental 37mm Antitank Gun mount
1941 Bantam BRC-40 Prototype Jeep with experimental 37mm Antitank Gun mount
2 early Ford GP prototype Jeeps in convoy.
2 early Ford GP prototype Jeeps in convoy.

Early USMC Jeep and auto at the Main Gate, El Toro USMC Base, El Toro, CA
http://www.fordgpw.de/History/Ford_GPW_Standard.jpg

1941 Willys MA prototype Jeep at Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Even the tough little jeeps must be serviced. This vehicle, like all others of its class, makes regular trips to the grease pit for lubrication, adjustment, and general inspection.
1941 Willys MA prototype Jeep at Fort Knox. Maintenance of mechanized equipment. Even the tough little jeeps must be serviced. This vehicle, like all others of its class, makes regular trips to the grease pit for lubrication, adjustment, and general inspection.
A Bantam BRC prototype jeep and towed M3 antitank gun going airborne during testing at New River, North Carolina.
A Bantam BRC prototype jeep and towed M3 antitank gun going airborne during testing at New River, North Carolina.
Early Ford Script GPW Jeep towing a .50cal Anti-Aircraft Gun.
Early Ford Script GPW Jeep towing a .50cal Anti-Aircraft Gun
WWII Jeep Junk Yard. GPA's, Jeeps, and Jeep Trailers in heaps
WWII Jeep Junk Yard. 
GPA's, Jeeps, and Jeep Trailers in heaps
Very Early Jeep Wreck
Very Early Jeep Wreck
Early Willys Slatgrill 30cal Water Cooled Machine Gun Jeep
Early Willys Slatgrill 30cal Water Cooled Machine Gun Jeep
Early Willys Slatgrill MB Jeep
Early Willys Slatgrill MB Jeep
Early Willys Slatgrill Ambulance Jeep
Early Willys Slatgrill Ambulance Jeep
British SAS - Special Air Service - Jeep
British SAS - Special Air Service - Jeep
Early Jeep and Anti-tank guns of the defending forces in maneuvers at Liliha and Judd Streets, T.H.
Early Jeep and Anti-tank guns of the defending forces in maneuvers at Liliha and Judd Streets, T.H.
US Marine Corps Front Lines Ambulance Jeep
US Marine Corps Front Lines Ambulance Jeep
British Airborne Commandos in a loaded down WWII Jeep and English Trailer
British Airborne Commandos in a loaded down WWII Jeep and English Trailer
Jeeps, Jeep Trailers, and Medical equipment for combat use of an infantry battalion aid station on Oahu, THI.
Jeeps, Jeep Trailers, and Medical equipment for combat use of an infantry battalion aid station on Oahu, T.H
US Marine Corps Ambulance Jeep stuck in mud on Okinawa
US Marine Corps Ambulance Jeep stuck in mud on Okinawa 
British Airborne Commandos unload their jeep and towed 20mm Cannon from their crashed glider.
British Airborne Commandos unload their jeep and towed 20mm Cannon from their crashed glider.
Early AAF Jeep. Basic flight training at Spence Field, Moultrie, GA pre-May15, 1942. The trainer is a BT-13 Valiant.
Early AAF Jeep. Basic flight training at Spence Field, Moultrie, GA
pre-May15, 1942. The trainer is a BT-13 "Valiant".
Early USMC Jeep and auto at the Main Gate, El Toro USMC Base, El Toro, CA
Early USMC Jeep and auto at the Main Gate, El Toro USMC Base, El Toro, CA
Assembly Area full of Jeeps in Rare Mickey Mouse Ears Camouflage Paint Scheme
British(?) Assembly Area full of Jeeps in Rare 
Mickey Mouse Ears Camouflage Paint Scheme
Jeep Being loaded into a C-47 in Italy
Jeep Being loaded into a C-47 in Italy
A soldier of the 442nd RCT hangs his laundry on a jeep so it won't be lost during a sudden move in Castellina Sector, Italy on 12 July 1944. Notice anti-decapitation device, tow rope, and windshield cover.
A soldier of the 442nd RCT hangs his laundry on a jeep so it won't be lost during a sudden move in Castellina Sector, Italy on 12 July 1944. Notice anti-decapitation device, tow rope, and windshield cover.
LST loaded with many Jeeps and water buffalo trailers. Coast Guard LST lands Marines during Cape Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December 24, 1943.
LST loaded with many Jeeps and water buffalo trailers. Coast Guard LST lands Marines during Cape Gloucester, New Britain invasion. December 24, 1943. (PhoM1c Don C. Hansen)
Members of the 442nd RCT advance in the Chambois Sector, France. Notice antidecapitation device, tow rope, M1917 watercooled .30cal machine gun on M-48 dash mount, unusual rifle rack location, windshield cover, and jeep trailer.
Members of the 442nd RCT advance in the Chambois Sector, France. Notice antidecapitation device, tow rope, M1917 watercooled .30cal machine gun on M-48 dash mount, unusual rifle rack location, windshield cover, and jeep trailer.
Two soldiers of the 442nd RCT are in a Jeep accompanied by two French guides in October 1944 in the Chambois Sector, France, Notice unusual mounting of metal rifle holder and hand pick through side grab handle.
Two soldiers of the 442nd RCT are in a Jeep accompanied by two French guides in October 1944 in the Chambois Sector, France, Notice unusual mounting of metal rifle holder and hand pick through side grab handle.
Delivering mail from a jeep of the 442nd RCT. Notice leather rifle scabbard and windshield cover
Delivering mail from a jeep of the 442nd RCT
Notice leather rifle scabbard and windshield cover
Jeep with fender mounted decontaminator, siren, and 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.
Jeep has fender mounted decontaminator, siren, and windshield cover.
Members of the 100th Infantry Battalion load confiscated German material onto a Jeep Trailer at the Fifth Army concentration area in Brescia, Italy on 18 May 1945.
Members of the 100th Infantry Battalion load confiscated German material onto a Jeep Trailer at the Fifth Army concentration area in Brescia, Italy on 18 May 1945.
Jeeps following President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he visits 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.
WW2 Coast Guard Jeeps
WW2 Coast Guard Jeeps
WWII Coast Guard Port Security Patrol Jeep in NY
WWII Coast Guard Port Security Patrol Jeep in NY
Link to Coast Guard Port Security article (with Jeeps)
Jeep and Attack Vehicles Enter LST On Beach
Attack Vehicles Enter LST On Beach. LST 404 was transfered 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)
Jeeps and other Military Vehicles awaiting shipment to France at Southampton docks prior to the D-Day landings.
Jeeps and other Military Vehicles awaiting shipment to France at Southampton docks prior to the D-Day landings.
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 having lunch on the hood of a Jeep at an AAF base.  Notice bullet shape siren on right fender of jeep.
Australian Army MB/GPW Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels
Australian Army MB/GPW Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels
Unkown GI in Jeep. Notice correct single front footman loop for shovel strap.
Unkown GI in Jeep. Notice correct single front footman loop for shovel strap.
ETO Late War MP Military Police Jeeps
ETO Late War MP Military Police Jeeps
Army MB/GPW Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels
Army MB/GPW Jeep fitted with Railroad Wheels
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The latest World War Two Jeep to be immortalized on film is 'Sarge', from Walt Disney / PIXAR's Animated movie CARS.
Sarge from Disney / Pixars movie CARS

Early Willys Slatgrill MB with M6 37mm Antitank Gun and dash mounted M-1917 Watercooled Browning .30cal Machine Gun.

South Pacific Natives see Marines for the 1st time during WWII.
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6wheel jeep Camp Gordon Johnston

WWII US Army Slat Grill Willys MB Jeep, Stationed in Alaska During WWII

MB/GPW WWII Jeep in a SUP crate
MB/GPW WWII Jeep in a SUP crate
(Photo is linked to Lg pic)
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WWII Jeep on Deck of submerged Submarine (vintage advertisement)

WWII Jeep on Deck of submerged Submarine 
(vintage advertisement)
 

Pre-WWII Bantam Prototype Jeep cigarette poster (vintage advertisement)
Pre-WWII Bantam Prototype Jeep cigarette poster 
(vintage advertisement)
WWII Jeep Engines - Cheap! (vintage advertisement)
WWII Jeep Engines - Cheap! 
(vintage advertisement)
 
email me if you have a question, or you see something broken on this website. DO YOU HAVE ORIGINAL WWII JEEPS PHOTOGRAPHS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS?
If so, please send them to me (email, or USPS) so I can share them with the world.
Thanks, Brian
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