Major General Jacob Devers made multiple appearances in newspapers across the country. On February 05, 1942, he announced at Fort Knox that the armored forces could begin personalizing their peeps, jeeps, tanks, and other equipment with names, though they could not be objectionable names. The order does not indicate approval to put names on the windshields, but apparently that became allowed at some point.
On October 17, 1942 (Appeal Democrat out of Marysville, California) the Major General was photographed with other senior leaders discussing issues while sitting in a jeep:
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Originally Posted March 13, 2018: Interesting discussion on peep vs. jeep within the caption. The caption claims it has been misnamed "peep", but then claims it has been erroneously called a "jeep" and that a "jeep" is a larger vehicle (Command Car, though in this case it is a Willys MA). As we've discussed earlier, there was a great debate about the proper term for the vehicle.
"WWII Maj. Gen. Jacob Devers in Willys MB Jeep Original Press Photo"
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