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Willys Jeep

Wanting to replace their outdated light vehicles the U.S. Military received three tenders. Bantam Car Company was the initial winner but couldn’t meet demand so the job went to Willys-Overland Motors. Willys was to take the best design features of the three submitted tenders and build a standardized vehicle. Eventually in order to meet an even greater demand the Ford Motors Company was asked to build a similar vehicle. During World War II there was a total of 647,870 Jeeps produced by the three companies; Willys-Overland produced 362,841 of them.

Willys MB Jeep with trailer 4th Marine Division, 14th Marine Artillery, 2nd Battalion, HQ Iwo Jima Feb 1945

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U.S. Jeep Willys M.B. w/armour shields WWII Europe, 1944

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U.S. Willys Jeep M.B. 101st Airborne Div., 506th A.B. Regiment, Company 'C' Vehicle '4, Normandy 6 June 1944

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U.S. Willys Radio Jeep 8th USAAF, 91st Bomber Group, 323rd Bomber Sqn., England 1943

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U.S. Willys Radio Jeep UASF, Korea 1950

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U.S. Willys Jeep HQ Canadian First Army, France, August 1944

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US Willys Jeep with 37mm M3A1 anti-tank gun

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US Willys Jeep 7th Armored Div., 814th Tank Destroyer Bttn., Recon. Company No.22, Jan 1945 Belgium

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US Willys MB Jeep US Army Air Force, Iowa Follow Me

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Willys MB Jeep RAF 12230, WWII

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US Willys Jeep MB 2e Division Blindee, KSAR-RHILANE

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Willys Jeep MB USA 20220584, Military Police, WWII

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Willys Jeep with 37mm aniti-tank gun 3rd Bttn., 1st Armored Rgt., 1st Armored Div., Tunisia, 1943

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Willys British Airborne Jeep w/trail 6th Airborne Division, British Army, Normandy , June 1944

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U.S. 1/4 ton Military Vehicle US 3rd Army, 1945 "Gen. George Patton"

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U.S. 1/4 ton Military Vehicle Leyte, WWII, 1945 "Gen. Douglas MacArthur"

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U.S. 1/4 ton Military Vehicle British 8th Army, 1943 "Gen. Bernard Montgomery "

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