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Jeep lashed to Submarine Deck

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Yesterday I featured an ad that related a story about jeeps lashed to the decks of Submarines.

This article was published in the February 10, 1944 issue of the Eugene Register Guard:

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I found this article on page 5 of the January 10, 1944, edition of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper:

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And from page 2 of the February 10, 1944, issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle:  1944-02-10-jeep-lashed-to-deck

 

 

And, on a note of trivia, I found this gem at an archived site:

In World War II, Burton Baskin of Baskin Robbins fame, was a quartermaster who began his ice cream career by trading a jeep for an ice cream freezer

Now, I don’t know if that’s true as I couldn’t verify it anywhere else, but a fun fact if true.

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1950? Photo of Kachin Tribe and Allies on eBay

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The date on this photo is January 1950. If so, these guys are part of the fight against China rather than Japan. Therefore this is more likely a WWII photo.

“KACHIN TRIBESMEN OF NORTH BURMA AID ALLIES IN WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE”
Jeep drivers pause at an overnight shelter during a long run through a Japanese-held jungle. Kachin forces use airplanes, jeeps, mules and elephant to negotiate the remote jungle trails in their relentless stalking of the Japanese.”

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National Diary Products Ad on eBay

July 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This is an unusual ad for National Dairy Products that tells the story of a jeep that was lashed to a submarine deck (engine and Motor inside the sub) and carried all over. Eventually, it was traded for to a crew on a destroyer for ice cream. True story? The answer is it is possible (see update on Monday).

This ad appeared in the June 26, 1944 issue of Life Magazine on page 52.

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Photo of Jeep w/ Covered Wheel on eBay

July 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Sedan-jeep This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This is a rare mod that you don’t see often. The rear wheel wheel has been covered.

“I will not ship to Italy. Original photo pulled out of photo album. 4.25 x 2.5 inches. There is some glare from my flash. Great picture with lots of detail .U.S. Army jeep with covered rear wheels, taken in Italy.. The photos were taken by an American soldier in the 6th corps.”

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