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The purpose of this site is to act as a repository for early Jeep documentation. This includes items such as drawings, blueprints, photos, correspondence and period magazine articles. Throughout the history of the Jeep, there has been a variety of wrong information reported on what transpired. People publishing new books tend to use older books for their design ideas. These books in turn are used by other people to create newer books. Just like the game where you have a line of people and whisper to the person next to you something and they repeat it to the other person next to them, when it gets to the end, what is being reported may not be anything like what really happened. The goal of this web site is to track down and make available as many of the original source (or what can be called "primordial") documents. These documents can tell the true Jeep story.

	Description	Research Areas
US Army	This research area is devoted to the US Army and its Using Arms who were responsible for the development, procurement and testing of the jeep.	US Army Research Area
Car Manufacturers	There were a few car manufacturers who were involved in the building and development of the jeep. This area is for documents that involve the car manufacturers.	Car Manufacturers Research Area
Unit Manufacturers	Not all developments can be attributed to the car manufacturers. This area is devoted to other companies that were involved in developing components of the jeep.	Unit Manufacturers Research Area
US Congress	This area is devoted to the US Congress and the investigations they had on the jeep procurement.	US Congress Research Area
US Government Agencies	This area is devoted to the other government agencies that were involved with aspects of jeep history. For example, the controversial nature of the awarding of the contracts had a variety of different US government agencies involved in the investigation.	US Government Agencies Research Area
Periodicals	This area is for the various periodicals that deal with the jeep.	Periodicals Research Area
Personal Records	Many times, individuals involved in the jeep development history will keep personal records that reference this. This area is for those items.	Personal Records Research Area
Personal History Interviews	People who were involved or witnessed the jeep development can be interviewed for their thoughts and memories. This area is for these items.	Personal History Interviews Research Area

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