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"...the service also has tended to overlook simple, low-cost innovations that often count for much more on the battlefield."

They should remember their military history.

"[The] equipment...among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 2 1/2 ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously enough, none of these is designed for combat."

--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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"[The] equipment...among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 2 1/2 ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously enough, none of these is designed for combat."

--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Good Lord, I don't think we could continue the war without the jeep. It does everything. It goes everywhere. It's as faithful as a dog, strong as a mule, and as agile as a goat. It constantly carries twice what it was designed for, and keeps on going. It doesn't even ride so badly after you get used to it.

- U.S. WWII War Correspondent Ernie Pyle, killed in his jeep by a Jap machinegunner on Okinawa.