Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by DogDoc » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:01 pm

Austinmf wrote:
Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:51 am
Bump again

I have a 1943 gpw. 104342

Trying to find a unit for it. Think it was made in Kentucky.

My grandfather was in the ETO but no idea what unit. Joseph Carl Pinter was his name. He supposedly got to the battle of the bulge right after it was over.

Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
You can request his records from the VA as his family member. A fire at the archives in St. Louis I believe in the 70’s destroyed a lot but it’s worth a try.
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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by Austinmf » Wed Feb 22, 2023 11:53 am

Thank you!!!

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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by Arnold43GPW » Tue Mar 07, 2023 9:28 am

Gotta love the hunt! I've been searching for a few years now..
1943 Ford GPW #104421 “ The Spirit of 43’ “ My PTO Jeep

1945 Ford GPW #266293 “ Smitty “ My ETO Jeep

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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by dpcd67 » Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:39 am

Recommendation; pick a unit and go with that. Spending years on thinking about it is wasted time. You can always change it later.
One uncle of mine was in the 428 Inf Regiment, 26th ID, Third Army (commanded by LTG Patton). Heavy weapons company, first battalion. Wounded in Wiltz Luxembourg, in the Battle of the Bulge. Jan 1945.
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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by Arnold43GPW » Fri Mar 10, 2023 8:37 am

You are absolutely correct sir. I'd like to build a PTO Medic Jeep, with the frames for stretchers.. and Honor my Uncle's service with the 27th Infantry Division, 102nd Medical Battalion, D Company.. He fought at Makin Atoll, Eniwetok, and Saipan before heading to Espiritu Santo for R&R... then he shipped to Fort Benning, GA to work at the hospital until the war ended..
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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by The Fireman » Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:59 am

Arnold,

Your Army Medic Jeep is not designed the same as the USMC ambulance Jeep. The Army configuration did have the same "jungle gym" litter racks as the USMC ambulance Jeep had.

There were at least two designs, besides the field expedient designs. The jeep had stretchers side by side on the rear platform in lieu of the one rack above the other on the passenger side of the jeep body like the USMC version.

The Army version may have had stretcher racks on both the front and rear of the jeep as well.

I tried to do a quick search, but was unable to find any of the photos of Army Medic Jeeps in my files.

Good luck on your restoration,

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Re: Trying to find what unit numbers to add on my 43’ GPW

Post by Arnold43GPW » Wed Mar 22, 2023 9:30 am

Thank you for the helpful information sir!
1943 Ford GPW #104421 “ The Spirit of 43’ “ My PTO Jeep

1945 Ford GPW #266293 “ Smitty “ My ETO Jeep


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