New Use for a Jeep: Army Football Training, 1943

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This photo was taken in November 1943 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. The camp's athletic director (Capt. C. R. Goodwin, in driver's seat) is using the jeep for a charging sled while training the football team.

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