Re: [MV] "jeep"

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Oct 28 2004 - 15:22:50 PDT


At 3:28 PM -0500 10/28/04, everette wrote:
>maybe it was just my natural resentment as a dog face to Marines
>
>nothing in particular - maybe some problem with why jeep is called jeep, I
>suppose the Popeye cartoon is as good as any
>
>I have no problem with the basic facts as far as those - none were a
>surprise to me, maybe was just my ever present skepticism of what is on TV

The program seems to be pretty spot of for
overall facts. They gloss over on some detail
that the average public won't want to get into.
They've done more for showing something other
than Jeeps and 2.5 tons than anything else I've
seen. They've covered Bren Carriers among other
things. Jeep's don't have anything on Carriers
except for light weight.

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