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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc. => Willys photo and story threads... => Topic started by: calvinhunt on January 19, 2013, 12:49:17 AM

Title: So Many Old Army Jeeps
Post by: calvinhunt on January 19, 2013, 12:49:17 AM: This photo must have been taken at the end of WWII. I don't know anything about it. A friend just emailed it to me. It's probably taken in Europe somewhere. ï¿½Each Jeep would have it's own story to tell. Must have been published in Life Magazine per lower right corner.ï¿½I wonder what became of them all.

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/calvinhunt/1358572022.jpg)
Title: Re: So Many Old Army Jeeps
Post by: bretto on January 19, 2013, 02:02:57 PM: That was in Okinawa, Japan. ï¿½I member seeing that on Dave's site eWillys a while back so I had to do some digging to find it.
I get a sad feeling most of those were scrapped, my stomach turns to think that.
He has a vast collection of old vintage pics that you could spend hours looking at! ï¿½I confess, I am guilty of doing just that.
http://www.ewillys.com/2010/01/13/rusting-jeeps-in-okinawa-japan-circa-1949/
http://www.ewillys.com/category/old-images/
Title: Re: So Many Old Army Jeeps
Post by: calvinhunt on January 19, 2013, 08:30:00 PM: Quote
He has a vast collection of old vintage pics that you could spend hours looking at! ï¿½I confess, I am guilty of doing just that.
Bretto,
ï¿½Thanks for filling in the rest of the info. I enjoyed every pic on both links. ï¿½
ï¿½My earliest recollections of Jeeps in my home town was of Army surplus Jeeps. ï¿½In this little farming town in the desert Southwest I remember there being three of them. ï¿½One was owned by a neighbor just across the street. ï¿½His youngest son, just 7 years older than me drove a lot when he got his driver's license at 16. ï¿½I ran over to his place every time I saw him or heard him start that thing up. ï¿½He would always let me ride along. ï¿½It had no top. ï¿½To this day, to me, real Jeepin' is with no top. ï¿½That truly was the beginning of my love (and respect) for the iconic Jeep. ï¿½By the way, that young driver finished high school, went on to college where he joined Army ROTC. ï¿½He retired from the Army a few years ago as a Major General. ï¿½He now lives again just a few block from where I live. ï¿½I wonder if his military success was inspired by that old war surplus Jeep? Well, probably not, but we can choose to believe it if we want to.
Title: Re: So Many Old Army Jeeps
Post by: athawk11 on January 19, 2013, 09:01:41 PM: Thanks alot Brett!!! >:( >:( I just killed 2 hours looking at those collections!!

Seriously, thank you both for posting the photos and links. I feel very sad when I see piles of old Willys Jeeps.

Tim
Title: Re: So Many Old Army Jeeps
Post by: Gunslinger on January 20, 2013, 09:23:29 AM: I too heard this pic was from the pacific theatre, what makes it really interesting to me is the 4th jeep back. ï¿½It has an occupation star on the hood. ï¿½That symbol was for the European theatre, Army jeeps. ï¿½I am not a G 503 expert but I think the jeeps around it are USMC jeeps which would be correct for Okinawa. Point is that old feller has a unique story to tell.