From: Everette (194cbteng@bellsouth.net)
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 08:46:31 PDT
The last time I posted something I found on history channel I got flamed
so much that if shields had not been in place I would have lost lots of tail
feathers. As I said that time, this is copy from History Channel
This Day In History
August 1
1941 The Birth Of The Jeep
Parade magazine called it "...the Army's most intriguing new
gadget...a tiny truck which can do practically everything." During World War
I, the U.S. Army began looking for a fast, lightweight all-terrain vehicle,
but the search did not grow urgent until early 1940. At this time, the Axis
powers had begun to score victories in Europe and Northern Africa,
intensifying the Allies' need for an all-terrain vehicle. The U.S. Army
issued a challenge to automotive companies, requesting a working prototype,
fit to army specifications, in just 49 days. Willy's Truck Company was the
first to successfully answer the Army's call, and the new little truck was
christened "the Jeep." General Dwight D. Eisenhower said that America could
not have won World War II without it. Parade was so enthusiastic about the
Jeep, that, on this day, it devoted three full pages to a feature on the
vehicle.
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Everette
With an increasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your
country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous considerations
for myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell.
R. E. Lee, General
General Order number 9
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