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Geep or Jeep?

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Posted by wanswheel on Friday, February 11, 2011 6:45 PM
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Posted by Train-O on Friday, February 11, 2011 7:51 PM

wanswheel,

Again, you provide fantastic photgraphs.

Thank you,

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 11, 2011 9:23 PM

Train-O, my brother died 7 years ago, 4 years older than I, but the tents in France didn't improve his health any.   Can't ask him till I go.  Got a picture somewhere, where?  Can't remember what I did yesterday.  You expect me to remember what was what in 1945 or 1943, some 65 years ago?  Hmm

But he did like sauerkraut which was off limits to the AAF guys; gas producing - not good at high altitudes in Army Air Force planes!Sigh

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 11, 2011 9:31 PM

Great pictures Mike.  FDR didn't have much longer and he looks old.  Don't see how you have the time to research these (and the others) pictures, but they sure are great.

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Posted by Train-O on Friday, February 11, 2011 10:58 PM

Art,

I'm sorry about your brother, I did not mean to be ignorant, or disrespectful.
My apologies.

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Posted by GP39 on Saturday, February 12, 2011 11:57 AM

There are also Torpedo Geeps as seen here, in HO scale Cool

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Posted by Train-O on Thursday, February 17, 2011 11:36 AM

Here's some more info. of the Jeep:

http://oldcarandtruckpictures.com/Jeeps/

 

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Posted by Boxcar_Melvin on Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:32 PM

Wow, I have to say I'm quite proud of this post. I almost didn't make it, because I was afraid I'd be laughed at for not knowing. Not that I think you guys would be that way. You guys have really answered so many of my silly little questions and I greatly appreciate it.

Wow, 3 pages and still going. I love it.

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Posted by daveklepper on Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:43 PM

Drove a Jeep.   My unit at Fiort Bragg was designated to put on a demonstration of long-range loudspeaker propaganda broadcasting at an Armed Forces Day event at Boling Air Force Base in Virginia?  (or Maryland?) near Washington, DC.  Great duty.   I was lead officer on the convoy both ways, my driver was  PFC Richard Prunier, and occasionally he took a break and I drove.  This was before the interstates, summer of 1955.  I was a 2nd Leutenant at the time.

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Posted by Stourbridge Lion on Thursday, February 17, 2011 3:04 PM

wanswheel

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/1942-1944-jeep-10.jpg

THANKS FOR POSTING THESE!!!!!!!

I have never seen anything like these before so this is an extremely cool post!!!!!!!

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Posted by THE.RR on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:30 PM

GP39

There are also Torpedo Geeps as seen here, in HO scale Cool

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv233/GrandFunkRR/Trains%20of%20Olyville/IMG_1172m.jpg

Those torpedo Geeps were desIgned by EMD to sink the (GE) U-Boats.

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Posted by henry6 on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:01 PM

Cronologically incorrect.  The Geep torpedo boat was much earlier than the U boat so was designed to sink the RS2-3's of Alco's stable.  Of course their own turbochargers did them in for the most part!

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Posted by AF53 on Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:33 AM

I'm glad I checked out this thread! It has some great pictures, keep them coming.

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