Willys last Trip.
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An American soldier inspects an American Jeep cut in two by a mine.
Photo taken on August 4, 1944 in Lison on the road to Saint Sever.
References: page 121 of the book: Forgotten Paths of the Bocage by André Laroze, 2007
Several interesting details:
-On the ground, American pants.
-On the ground, a PM Thompson M1A1
-On the wing of the jeep a water jerrycan (recognizable when opened)
-On the right wing of the jeep part of the TQM 445??
-The star on the hood with an anti-gas paint (it changes color in the presence of gas)
-Jeep MB produced between August & September 43 according to its hood number
-Note the inscriptions under the windshield:
War shipping: dimensions and weights for sea transport
OW = overall width
NW = net weight (poids net)
-Marking for "PRESTONE 43" antifreeze on the front of the capo
Subject jeep of the 28th US ID, according to this book page 99: www.flickr.com/photos/mlq/8179282104/in/photostream
