To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; All
I love the old comics of the WWII era. I remember them well.
Legend has it that the Jeep was named for "Eugene the Jeep" a popular character from Popeye Comics of the era. We also had "The Sad Sack" and "Smilin' Jack" just to mention a couple of other comics.
(I still have a couple of the old Ration Stamp books that were issued to my family during WWII. They are safely "tucked away".)
G'Nite all.
God Bless
7 posted on
01/08/2005 11:45:16 PM PST by
Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix
Actually, originally the 3/4 ton command car was called the jeep with the 1/4 to being called the peep. But that changed with the 3/4 to command car being called the command car and the 1/4 top being called the jeep.
9 posted on
01/08/2005 11:53:15 PM PST by
U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.I)
To: Fiddlstix
Morning Fiddlstix.
Back when comic books were about the good guys.
13 posted on
01/09/2005 1:46:38 AM PST by
SAMWolf
(All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound?)
To: Fiddlstix
Thanks Fiddlstix. This was a time the whole country seemed on the same page.
53 posted on
01/09/2005 11:12:58 AM PST by
snippy_about_it
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