December 14, 1940

The US Army Infantry was one of the key early contributors to the characteristics of the jeep. The source documents in this section are ones related to the jeep development and prior activities that involved other small vehicle manufacture.

	Original Source	Provided By
Chief of Infantry	November 4, 1937 - 'Developments in Organization, Tactics and Equipment' - Chief of Infantry to Infantry Board	Robert Notman
	June 6, 1940 - CI 470.8-550 XII 'C' - 'Light Vehicle Development - Chief Infantry to AG	Bill Norris
	June 8, 1940 - CI 470.8-550 XII 'C' - 'Light Vehicle Development' - Chief of Calvary to AG - 1st. indorsement	Bill Norris
	June 14, 1940 - CI 470.8-550 XII 'C' - 'Light Vehicle Development' - AG to QMG and Chief Ordnance - 2nd. indorsement	Bill Norris
	June 22, 1940 - 'Light Infantry and Cavalry Vehicles - Development of', Sub-Committee on Automotive Equipment to The Ordnance Committee, Technical Staff	Robert Notman
	July 7, 1940 - Charles H. Payne, Asst. to the President, American Bantam Co., to Colonel William Lee, Infantry	Robert Notman
	January 2, 1941 - 'Chronology of the Quarter-ton Liaison Car Development' - Ingomar M. Oseth to Chief of Infantry	Robert Notman
	February 17, 1941 - 'Truck, Quarter-ton, Liaison - Characteristics' - Chief of Infantry to Adjutant General	Robert Notman
	May 27, 1943 - 'Award of Decoration' - Gen. George A. Lynch (Ret.) to Adjutant General	Robert Notman
	August 28, 1943 - A Wade Wells to Gen. Lynch	Robert Notman
	September 1, 1943 - Gen. E. W. Fales to Colonel I. M. Oseth, Infantry Board	Robert Notman
	September 4, 1943 - Colonel I. M. Oseth to Gen. E. W. Fales	Robert Notman
	September 8, 1943 - A Wade Wells to Gen. Lynch	Robert Notman
	September 23, 1943 - A Wade Wells to Gen. Lynch	Robert Notman
	September 23, 1943 - Gen. Lynch - Genesis of the Jeep	Robert Notman
	October 10, 1943 - Gen. Lynch to Charles Payne	Robert Notman
	1943 - Gen. G. A. Lynch to The Medal for Merit Board	Robert Notman
	April 27, 1944 - A Wade Wells to Gen. Lynch	Robert Notman

The following are some documents that have been referenced by other documents/books that need to be tracked down:

Document Name	Date
Infantry Journal, November-December 1937	November-December 1937
Capt. Wendell G. Johnson, Infantry, “The Howie Machine-Gun Carrier,” Infantry Journal, November-December, 1938, p. 529-531	November-December, 1938
U. S. Army Tentative Specifications, USA-LP-91-997A, July 7, 1941	Monday, July 07, 1941

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