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Jeep Rustlers by Larry McManus

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I found this story published in the Spokesman-Review December 1, 1945.

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2 Comments on “Jeep Rustlers by Larry McManus

  1. Bill

    We were still doing that in Vietnam. Our Army engineer company acquired an “extra” jeep. I was assigned to during inspections, which thankfully were few, to just go out and drive, so it wasn’t there. Theft was normal, we acquired needed parts for heavy construction equipment when the normal channels failed by hook and crook. I had a 200′ oxy acetylene hose/ torch, I had the job of crawling into the chain link fenced city block sized scrap yards that had already been auctioned to the Japanese and cut off the parts we needed – got a little dicey a few times

  2. Bob

    I used to steal CJ10 tugs all the time when I was in the Air Force. We needed them to move bomb trailers around when they were dropped off in the wrong place. I’d steal a tug, move the bombs, then take the tug back. Sometimes 6 hours later. We also stole lots of parts from other units when we needed them. Pretty common practice.

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