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Art, Drawings, Sketches, Editorials, Paintings of Jeeps

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Jeep & Glider Mural in Sanford, N.C.

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UPDATE: Charles noted that these three me were pilots, not paratroopers.

Jim alerted me to this mural in Sanford, North Carolina. The city of Sanford has been adding murals to downtown that preserve local history. One in particular is a glider with a jeep emerging from it that honors three of the town’s glider pilots, according to this article.

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Dec. 1952 Issue of War Battles Comic Book on eBay

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The seller believes this is the second best example of this comic book that exists.

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“A RARE CLASSIC COVER COMIC FROM 1952, THE AMERICAN G.I.’s ARE MOWING DOWN THE KOREAN SOLDIERS, BOTH WITH THE MACHINE-GUN, AND WITH THE JEEP ITSELF AS IT’S BARRELING RIGHT AT THEM! GREAT COVER BY LEE ELIAS.

This is one of many shock covers that Elias drew for Harvery in the pre-comics code authority heyday.

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Two New Illustrations From Roberto

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Roberto Flores has these two new mini-canvases for sale. Contact him at robflores@robertoflores.com.
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He also gave some context on the MB canvas. He wrote,

“The Willys MB is the jeep of capitaine Raymond Dronne, commanding officer of “La Nueve” or 9th company III Battaillon Régiment de Marche du Tchad, 2nd Free French armored division Leclerc, or 2éme DB Leclerc. Most of the them of this elite unit were Spaniards ex-Republican soldiers, who fought as mounted infantry in half-tracks. The history behind these men was incredible. Some years ago I had the chance to write with some of them and at least visit one of them at France, were I realized the sacrifice they paid for a better world. This unit, “La Nueve”, called in Spanish because the number of Spanish volunteers soldiers who formed it, was the first to entered Paris in 24th August 1944, with several M4 medium Shermans from 501e RCC and another support vehicles (I think 3 half-tracks) from an engineer unit of the 2éme DB.”

You can see the Raymond Dronne character at the 2:09 mark in this film by Renné Clement!

 

 

 

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1944 Idaho Potato Postcard w/ Jeep on eBay

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UPDATE: Back on eBay.

This seems like an appropriate card, since we’ll be driving through Idaho today. The back of the postcard mentions Gowen Field.

“Military Comic Vintage postcard army soldier navy USN americana World War II WWII jeep”

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Roberto’s Newest Illustrations

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Roberto shared these illustrations.

The first one (digital artwork) is a commissioned order cartoon for a customer at Quebec, Canada. It depicts a Canadian made Willys M38 jeep and his owner at the wheel (with his wife at co driver seat). This was offered as a birthday gift by a friend of him.

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The second one, hand painted, is another Willys M38 jeep. This one was ordered by a customer at South Dakota. You could see the Mount Rushmore at background plus some details (birds, etc.) at the background. The customer appears at the wheel of his jeep with all his family.

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And the third one (in black and white, also hand painted) was ordered as a birthday gift by a German customer and it was offered to his girlfriend. Both of them appear as his jeep and as background I draw a typical old French street.

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1958 4-Page Australian Jeep Article

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This August 25, 1958, article in the Sydney Morning Herald welcomed jeep manufacturing to Australia. The in-depth articles cover quite a bit of jeep history. The ads are interesting, too. Because the articles, photos, and ads are so interconnected, I’ve included full-page reproductions of the pages rather than try to slice them up to make them web friendly. There is also a useful list of jeep dealers for anyone tracking the history of jeeps in the state of New South Wales.

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