JDK Posted September 19, 2014 Share #176 Posted September 19, 2014 No....$75 haha JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doinworkinvans Posted September 19, 2014 Share #177 Posted September 19, 2014 You're a little low on price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #178 Posted November 25, 2014 Recently I was given a group of photographs from a distant relative of some MP's stationed at the Japanese internment camp on O'ahu. None of these have images of my ancestor, as that line of the family kept those. These men are all unidentified except one. This first photo is of Ben Hessler, I don't know anything else about him. I find the jeep interesting as it only have blackout drive headlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #179 Posted November 25, 2014 There are 6 images in this collection. MP with camera standing next to a weapons carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #180 Posted November 25, 2014 MP on motorcycle. A lot of canvas on this bike. Can anyone ID make and model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #181 Posted November 25, 2014 Older MP next to a jeep. Again with the blackout only headlights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #182 Posted November 25, 2014 Another motorcycle shot. Soldier wearing HBT's and what looks like either a motor pool or motorcycle maintenance yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sully Posted November 25, 2014 Share #183 Posted November 25, 2014 Last image. MP next to a jeep in what I think is a fruit plantation field. I've never seen tires like this before. Has anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted November 25, 2014 Share #184 Posted November 25, 2014 Neat Stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted November 25, 2014 Share #185 Posted November 25, 2014 Some great pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 25, 2014 Share #186 Posted November 25, 2014 Last image. MP next to a jeep in what I think is a fruit plantation field. I've never seen tires like this before. Has anyone? Don't know about the tires but he's in a sugar cane field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher11 Posted December 20, 2014 Share #187 Posted December 20, 2014 A friend of mine found some photos of his father in WWII. He mentioned what island, but I didn't write it down and forgot. First photo is of his father in a Jeep on some island in the Pacific. The windshield is marked "BOMB DISPOSAL" with what looks like a flaming bomb insignia on the driver's side. Not sure. Also, I thought it was interesting that where the registration number usually is it says "TAXIWAY" with something above that. I can't tell if it is the registration number. I think I can see "USA" to the right above "....WAY" He indicated that his dad was in underwater demolition and was one of the first Frogman. He would go onto the landing beaches before an invasion to "dispose" of potential problems in the surf/beach. Not sure about that either. Here is the Jeep photo: "Found on beach" This one is interesting. I believe this is a SBD Dauntless parked on the beach...going back to my modeling days. Looks like a Dodge Carryall behind the plane. My friend thought this was his dad in the photo...I didn't. He called today and told me he found another photo of the plane with his dad in the photo...I asked if one could see the Carryall better. Just a tad he said. This is not his dad: His father is third from the left in this graduation photo. Hmmm...not many graduates. I wonder how many they started with? Neat photo: Interested in comments if anyone has some insights into the photos. Zeph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted December 20, 2014 Share #188 Posted December 20, 2014 Great photos Zeph! I played around with the contrast on the jeep photo and I am 99% sure it says "Bomb Disposal" on the hood above "Taxiway". The blackout light obscures part of the 'bom' but I'm certain that is what it says. RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher11 Posted December 20, 2014 Share #189 Posted December 20, 2014 Great photos Zeph! I played around with the contrast on the jeep photo and I am 99% sure it says "Bomb Disposal" on the hood above "Taxiway". The blackout light obscures part of the 'bom' but I'm certain that is what it says. RC Hi RC, You're correct. I was looking at the "OSA" in DISPOSAL on the hood ans was thinking USA. I didn't key in on the last letter L on the hood. I haven't noticed a lot of in theater Jeeps without registration numbers on the hood. Of course, I haven't been looking either, so maybe it is more common than I was thought. Good eye! Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1SG_1st_Cav Posted December 20, 2014 Share #190 Posted December 20, 2014 Try looking under the windshield. It clearly reads "DISPOSAL". Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher11 Posted December 20, 2014 Share #191 Posted December 20, 2014 Try looking under the windshield. It clearly reads "DISPOSAL". Danny Yes, that is why I said in the first paragraph, third sentence, that it said "BOMB DISPOSAL" on the windshield frame. I just couldn't read what it said on the hood above TAXIWAY, but now I can see that it says BOMB DISPOSAL on the hood as well. Just thought it was odd that it didn't have the normal hood registration number(s) on the hood. That is all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted December 20, 2014 Share #192 Posted December 20, 2014 Zeph, I think they are fantastic photos! I enoyed seeing them! RC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelius180 Posted August 30, 2015 Share #193 Posted August 30, 2015 1256th Combat Engineer Bn Photo - WWII Jeep named 'Patty' above wheel wells. Mods: Please feel free to move if I should not have posted this here. I know it's "wanted" but it's for a particular picture. I know that this is a long shot.... Last night I was poking on eBay and came upon a listing for a group of about 20 pictures identified to one individual. The auction was closing in 2 hours and there were no bids and a low start price of $2 so I threw in a "what the heck bid." As it turns out there were another 7 listings for pictures that all appeared to have originated as one group. Since they all belonged together I raised my bid and bid on all 8 lots. In the end I won 7 of the listings, which totaled about 60+ pictures, and lost out on one that consisted of 2 pictures. I wanted to post it on here on the outside shot that someone may have won it and be willing to sell it to me to put the grouping back together. Here is the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/301-WWII-1256th-Combat-Engineer-Bn-Photo-Jeep-Lot-Nose-Art-PATTY-/311431842061?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEDWX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=xCQvHX5fFOWC9ZUYG1ISYgNex%252Bw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Colt Posted January 14, 2017 Share #194 Posted January 14, 2017 Hi guys, I found this while looking around some LIFE archives. Just goes to show ya that Slat Grill's were still used later in the war. Dated June of 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted January 14, 2017 Share #195 Posted January 14, 2017 Hi guys, I found this while looking around some LIFE archives. Just goes to show ya that Slat Grill's were still used later in the war. Dated June of 44. LIFE Slat grill on Saipan 1944.jpg 27th division? I note the camo painted Helmets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Colt Posted January 14, 2017 Share #196 Posted January 14, 2017 27th division? I note the camo painted Helmets Not sure. The bumper markings aren't familiar. They sort of don't look like army markings. But you're right about the camo helmets. At first I thought they were USMC covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdino685 Posted March 4, 2017 Share #197 Posted March 4, 2017 Picked this up at a store in the middle of nowhere, now I am not at all used to researching vehicle numbers or identifying them, so if I am wrong take it with a grain of salt. I believe this is a 1942 GPW 20-42414 by the production numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Finn Posted March 4, 2017 Share #198 Posted March 4, 2017 Shouldn't it be "GPW"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbtcoveralls Posted March 5, 2017 Share #199 Posted March 5, 2017 The USA number on the hood shouldn't be confused with the vehicle's serial or production order number. It was the number given to the vehicle by the Army and used to track and assign it. There is some correlation but it's not exact. I can tell by the details in the photo that the Jeep illustrated is a very early production Willys MB. It would have been in the serial number range between MB1000001 and MB 125809 (willys numbers were very strange to say the least) Here are some of the details that confirm that this is a "Slatgrill MB" 1 Solid disk wheels not combat wheels 2 squared off fuel tank sump 3 Short windshield 4 lack of a "torque reaction spring" on the driver's side 5 early steering wheel 6 the just barely visible slat or strip grill which is different from all the Jeeps that came later So what you have is an early production 1942 "Slatgrill" MB Tom Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted March 5, 2017 Share #200 Posted March 5, 2017 I agree, it is a Willys slatgrill MB and most likely made in the 2nd week of January 1942. The windshield is the standard height though, but it lacks the brackets for the rifle rack as is correct for jeeps made in this period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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