This photo was published in the Eugene Register Guard on February 10, 1944. Of the four men, three were form Eugene and one was from Prineville, Oregon.
Old News Articles Research Archives
Captive German Nurses Returned in 1944
This non jeep article was quite fascinating. It was published in the July 3, 1944, issue of the Milwaukee Journal.
War’s Greatest Hero—The Jeep
Good article about the jeep from 1943. It was published in the Milwaukee Journal, September 18, 1943.
Keep ’em From Rolling Article
1952 Article About the New Face of Jeep
The Toledo Blade reported the change by the military from the square to the round nose.
1942 – Future of the Army Jeep
A column written by John Marvin Rast for the Spartanburg Herald-Journal on May 30, 1942, demonstrates how convinced even the public was about the jeep’s potential.
1946 Overturned Jeep
This photo of an overturned jeep was published in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Creative Way to Sell FCs
Mr. H. E. George found a creative way to sell FCs by taking them to livestock auctions. This article was featured in the January 1958 issue of Willys News.
Willys Motors Makes “Ranger” for US Navy
A September 2, 1953, article in the Toledo Blade relayed the news that Willys Motors and Mobile Fire Apparatus, Inc., were planning to produce a Willys mobile fire jeep called the Ranger. According to Four Wheeler Magazine, the1952 truck shown below is an example of the Ranger. However, it’s a little puzzling that the truck is a 1952, when the announcement wasn’t made until late 1953? Maybe Mobile Fire Apparatus used an older chassis? Anyone have an insight on this?
A second article shared the news that Brede Products was planning to sell a snow plow, powered by its own jeep engine. Below is one of two photos from Four Wheeler you can view the front of the rotary snow plow here. Anyone have a brochure for this?
A third article announced an agreement between Mitsubishi and the Willys Overland Export, Inc.
















