This August 5th, 1963, article from the St. Petersburg Times describes how Dunedin, Florida, resident Steve Fowler drove from Florida to Los Angeles, north to Idaho, then cross the northern part of the US, before heading back to Florida. The article claims he drove about 10,000 miles. His most worrisome event was a close call at Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park. He was camping near it when a large bear chased him away from his jeep. Sounds like quite an adventure!

This January 1958 article from Willys News tells the story of how East Stroudsburg was able to get a Rescue Truck.

St. Marys High School in Eugene, Oregon, purchased this jeep, christened the Galloping Gael, as part of the war effort. The name is memorable enough that maybe someone has seen an old photo of a jeep with the name on it? The article came from the March 28, 1944, issue of the Eugene Register-Guard.

This 1943 article from the Milwaukee Journal described the fight against mosquitoes. There are more  non-jeep photos in the article.

This 1955 Toledo Blade article shares the news that jeeps were being sent to Mexico to fight Malaria. Looks like that’s a CJ-3B.

Here’s an article on the underwater jeep from the October, 18, 1946, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Here’s a neat story from the Reading Eagle out of Reading, Pennsylvania.