Army & Navy - Seagoing Jeep

From grinning Navy men the U.S. Army finally found what had happened to a missing jeep. It had been parked on a dock in a West Coast port hard by a submarine. Next day both submarine and jeep had gone. To newspaper ads asking for information leading to recovery of the little car, the Army got no reply.

The reason: the submarine's crew had dismantled the jeep, stored it in various nooks and crannies below. It was handy to have around. When the sub hit port the pieces were lugged ashore, the jeep was assembled, the crew had transportation.

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