Tag Archives: jeep

Cartoonist Bill Mauldin

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Bill Mauldin, famous Willie and Joe cartoonist, is shown in these two snapshots in his jeep nicknamed “Jeanie” near the Po River in Italy.

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Dug-in Jeeps

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs taken in Italy during WWII show several U.S. Army jeeps dug-in to protect from shell fragments.

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Jeep of the 80th Infantry Division

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Jeep, soldiers, and mascot from the 305th Combat Engineer Battalion of the U.S. Army’s 80th Infantry Division in Germany, April 1945. The photograph labels the passengers as Capt. Pacheco (?), T/5 Koskela, and “Sally”.

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Waffen SS in the Ardennes Figures

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New 1/35th-scale resin German figure sets from D-Day Miniature Studio:    • No. 35027 — Waffen SS Soldiers at Rest, Ardennes 1944    • No. 35030 — Waffen SS Jeep Crew, Ardennes 1944 Figures are also available individually as:    • No. 35025 — Waffen SS Soldier Eating, Ardennes 1944    • No. 35026 — Waffen SS Tanker, Ardennes 1944 … Continue reading →

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Jeep Sling

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for making a jeep lift bar from the 881st Ordnance HAM Company, from Army Motors, July 1945. JEEP SLING TO GIVE 1/4-TONS A LIFT WITHOUT ALSO GIVING ‘EM A PAIN IN THE REAR END Ordinarily, when you evacuate a … Continue reading →

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Voting Overseas, 1944

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Original Caption: MARIANAS IS. — Propped against the wheel of his jeep with a veteran’s happy indifference to mud, bearded S/Sgt Dale Blakeslee of Carson City, Mich., (his last shave was 9 July, 1944), uses a leisure minute to fill … Continue reading →

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SAS Jeep

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New 1/35th-scale plastic model kit from Dragon: No. 6724, SAS 1/4-Ton 4×4 Patrol Commander’s Car.

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You Can’t Start a French-Rebuilt Jeep Unless…

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for dealing with Jeeps with Solex carburetors from Army Motors, September 1945. YOU CAN’T START A FRENCH-REBUILT JEEP UNLESS…. A quick way to go stark, raving nuts is to sit at the wheel of a jeep equipped with a … Continue reading →

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Cavalry Reconnaissance Antiaircraft Weapons

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Antiaircraft security while moving: from Cavalry Field Manual FM 2-30: Cavalry Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron, U.S. War Department, March 1943. SECURITY — While Moving. Antiaircraft weapons in all elements of the squadron are alerted for antiaircraft fire at all times. Whenever overhead … Continue reading →

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Don’t Be A Dope III

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Another “Don’t Be A Dope” training poster starring Joe Dope:   When the Stukas begin to attack Ain’t the time to make up for a lack      Of cleaning your gun –      Which won’t shoot at a Hun With a month’s gummy … Continue reading →

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