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RE: [ihc] RE:H-542 on ebay



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Sohm [mailto:idaemes@domain.elided]
>Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 9:09 AM
>To: 'Jim Grammer'; ihc@domain.elided
>Subject: RE: [ihc] RE:H-542 on ebay

>I'd be interested to know what the military number is for it.  Not that
>I can do anything with it other than see if manuals are available for
>it.  Looks like a "Burma Jeep" in a way.  What did the military use them
>for, bomb trucks?
>Too many questions? <g>

OK, I'll try to check at lunch. Maybe I shouldn't have sold copy # 3 of the
Grey Bible, that way I could keep one at my desk ;)

It *is* the Burma road truck, silly :) Just picture it with a big steel
cargo box on the back. Those must have been interesting convoys, eh? 500
miles as the crow flies, 1000 road miles. My grandfather in-law flew C-47's
over 'The Hump' in WWII. Wish he was still around to tell the stories...

Jim


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