| Date | Text | |
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30 Mar 1891
Arthur William Sidney Herrington |
birth Arthur William Sidney Herrington Born 30 Mar 1891; died 6 Sep 1970 at age 79. American engineer and manufacturer who developed a series of military vehicles, the best known of which was the World War II jeep. During World War I, he started to work on a new design for military trucks for rough terrain, the smallest of which was the quarter-ton jeep with four-wheel drive that became the prototype for various models built in the 1930s and 1940s. The Jeep served in WW II as a litterbearer, machine gun firing mount, reconnaissance vehicle, pickup truck, front line limousine, ammo bearer, wire-layer and taxi. |
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