Jeep Awarded Purple Heart in 1943 by USMC
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I thought this was an excellent distraction from work.
So I was watching Bloomberg News and I saw this cross my screen:

I looked on youtube for the video and found it:
Musk and Ford - Car makers Who Changed the Auto World - YouTube
Then I started looking for other sources and found:

and

Finally, I found a few news paper articles that cited this:
Free Lance-Star June 8, 1983

Another paper said the jeep had actually survived two battles on Guadalcanal. I guess the Jeep is in the USMC Museum at Quantico.
Anyone seen it?
-Jon
So I was watching Bloomberg News and I saw this cross my screen:

I looked on youtube for the video and found it:
Musk and Ford - Car makers Who Changed the Auto World - YouTube
Then I started looking for other sources and found:

and

Finally, I found a few news paper articles that cited this:
Actually, a wounded jeep on Guadalcanal's bloody Lunga Beach was formally awarded the Purple Heart by the Marine Corps in 1943
Free Lance-Star June 8, 1983

Another paper said the jeep had actually survived two battles on Guadalcanal. I guess the Jeep is in the USMC Museum at Quantico.
Anyone seen it?
-Jon