So Many Old Army Jeeps

[calvinhunt]

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. �Each Jeep would have it's own story to tell. Must have been published in Life Magazine per lower right corner.�I wonder what became of them all.

[bretto]

That was in Okinawa, Japan. �I 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! �I 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/

[calvinhunt]

He has a vast collection of old vintage pics that you could spend hours looking at! �I 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¿½My earliest recollections of Jeeps in my home town was of Army surplus Jeeps. �In this little farming town in the desert Southwest I remember there being three of them. �One was owned by a neighbor just across the street. �His youngest son, just 7 years older than me drove a lot when he got his driver's license at 16. �I ran over to his place every time I saw him or heard him start that thing up. �He would always let me ride along. �It had no top. �To this day, to me, real Jeepin' is with no top. �That truly was the beginning of my love (and respect) for the iconic Jeep. �By the way, that young driver finished high school, went on to college where he joined Army ROTC. �He retired from the Army a few years ago as a Major General. �He now lives again just a few block from where I live. �I 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.

[athawk11]

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

[Gunslinger]

I too heard this pic was from the pacific theatre, what makes it really interesting to me is the 4th jeep back. �It has an occupation star on the hood. �That symbol was for the European theatre, Army jeeps. �I 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.