Country 106.5 WYRK Radio » world war one http://wyrk.com Today's Country And Your All-Time Favorites Sat, 18 May 2013 22:43:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Army Jeep Designed In Less Than Two Months – Dale's Daily Data http://wyrk.com/army-jeep-designed-in-less-than-two-months-dales-daily-data/ http://wyrk.com/army-jeep-designed-in-less-than-two-months-dales-daily-data/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:00:07 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.com/?p=26114 Parade magazine called it "...the Army's most intriguing new gadget...calling it a small truck that can do practically everything." The Army had been searching for a fast, lightweight all-terrain vehicle since World War One, but with World War Two raging in Europe and North Africa, a challenge was put out to auto companies to come up with a model fit to army specs.

In just 49 days, Willy's Overland Truck Company was the first to answer the Army's call. It was 730 pounds overweight, but the Army said it was good enough.

]]> http://wyrk.com/army-jeep-designed-in-less-than-two-months-dales-daily-data/feed/ 0 The cast of the TV show M.A.S.H. in an original design Jeep (Getty Images) Dale's Daily Data: Armistice Day http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-armistice-day/ http://wyrk.com/dales-daily-data-armistice-day/#comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:14:04 +0000 Dale Mussen http://wyrk.production.townsquaresites.com/?p=1437 Today marks the anniversary of the end of World War One - at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.  With the loss of manpower and supplies and faced with invasion, Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in France ending what many said was the war to end all wars.  In four years, World War One left nine million soldiers dead and 21 million w

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