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TIME TRAVEL ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time. If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off. Come on, hop in, watch your step ...... The controls are set. Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....I know how to fly this thing.......Here we goooooooooo.......LIFT OFF…….. WHOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHLanding with a gentle thump. Here we are - Let me turn on the television to see what is on. Do any of you remember these shows? Green Acres September 1965- September 1971 – CBS Color - 30 minutes380 episodes Green Acres...

MILITARY VEHICLES The story of the BANTAM JEEP Karl Probst, an engineer working for American Bantam Car Company in Butler, PA, was the father of the jeep. Responding to a request for bids from the Army, he led the design and manufacture of the prototype jeep in just seven weeks and delivered to Camp Holabird, MD, on 21 September 1940.. **** Bantam GPV prototype delivered on time in September 1940. The origin of the name "jeep" is unclear. Popular notion has it that the vehicle bore the designation "GP" (for "General Purpose"), which was phonetically slurred into the word...