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Stephen Stokes was kind enough to share this photo (via David Watson). It shows Stephen’s father, Fredrick Stokes, during his time in Japan with the US Army. The photo was taken between 1946-1948. If the bumper is accurate, it looks to be a GPW.
When loose deep sand was encountered, the ‘Jeep’ had to pull both the yacht and the sedan. [ed note … this caption was included in the original article]
Shepard went on to write an article for Wide World Magazine titled First to Sail the Sahara. An 1800 mile journey with his wife and family in a sand yacht over the Desert in 1956 (it’s also been republished as a book, but this may be a modern item). The second, Sahara Adventure, is an actual book and probably a more complete account of the trip. I’ve just bought it, so I’ll report on it once I read it.
In many places the ‘Jeep’ was the center of attraction.
A typical camp scene—time for oiling the rifle and catching up on correspondence.
Quite the crowd!
“This is an original press photo. Driven by discharged veterans who drove jeeps overseas a caravan of jeeps makes its way through midtown traffic to the Bronx. All this to celebrate first over the counter sale of vehicles at Hearns Bronx Store. The department store announced the jeep would sell for $1195.59 delivered in New York City.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 10-08-1945.”
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This photo of a DJ-3A Dispatcher at an airfield shows they went to work for the airlines not long after they began production. This was published in a 1956 issue of Globetrotter Magazine.
Based on the back, this might have been taken in the Spokane area.
“1944 Press Photo Jeep can be car and a boat that goes into water – spx16014
This is an original press photo. JeepPhoto measures 8.75 x 5inches. Photo is dated 01-20-1944.”
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The seller lists this as being a Korean War era photo. Though the jeep appears to be an M-38, I doubt this is from the Korean War. The jeep shown has a license plate on the back.
“Nice old photo. Measures about 4 1/2″ by 3 1/4″. Good to very good condition with some wear – album paper/paste remnants on back.”
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I’ve seen this photo before, but never an original press photo.
” 1945- Jeep is used by the 644th Ordnance Depot shown with a “winter-proof” enclosure. The plastic top, made entirely of salvaged materials, has windshield wipers, a spotlight and a windshield defroster. Photo measures approx. 8″ x 10″
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I thought this 1964 photo of what appears to be a stock CJ-3A somewhere in southeast Asia with full-floating rear hubs was surprising to see. Is this something that Willys Export offered?
“Vintage photo of A jeep driver looking back towards the group of people,1964.
Size of photo 9,6″x7,1″ inches”
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The first four photos are from WWII:
‘you are now entering germany ‘ a us soldier made a sign on the hood of a jeep (border germany)
germany 1945 – 2nd arm div
battle of the bulge – hotel is still existing
original pic -battle of the bulge – 101th airborne div
Undated newspaper archive photo. Note the blimp overhead.
“Vintage photo of Jeep hauls freight in India.
Size of photo 6.4″ x 4.7″ inches
Jeep hauls freight in India. A rugged U.S.
Army jeep, versatile scout car used for many purposes, pulls wagons on a railroad siding in
India where U.S. Army service forces are handling supplies just received from U.S. The bantam
car weighs less than a ton while the wagons have a capacity of 20 tons each. people, men, jeep,”
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