Word: jeep
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Russians used them to whip artillery to the Stalingrad front to crush Nazi tank attacks. British used them to scout, fight and pursue Rommel 2,000 miles. U.S. troops had one waiting for President Roosevelt at Casablanca. Everywhere the tough, square, squat jeeps are bouncing the backsides of the United Nations. Potentates and savages ride jeeps; soldiers regard them fondly, pat their rugged sides. But the fondest pats of all come from Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., foster parent of the jeep. To Willys the jeep is a plug-ugly duckling who laid a golden...
With the caution of a baby-show judge, Correspondent Ernie Pyle radioed from Africa that he has found a couple of faults in the Army's favorite vehicle: the jeep...
...hand brake. It's perfectly useless-won't hold at all. And ... I wish they could somehow fix the jeep so that at certain speeds the singing of those heavy tires wouldn't sound like an approaching airplane...
...Except for those two trivial items the jeep is a divine instrument of wartime locomotion. . . . Good Lord, I don't think we could continue the war without...
...game with the Washington Senators, the Certain sprang off the players' bench, rushed out to shake his hand as he crossed the plate. During another game, when fly-chasing Di Maggio backed into a deep gully on the edge of the field, Captain McClure jumped into his private jeep, scooted across the field to see if he was hurt. The Captain is constantly tacking notices on the clubhouse bulletin board. The morning of a game with the Senators, one read: Orders of the Day From: The Commanding Officer To: The Baseball Detail Subject: Baseball game...