Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Willys MB" in English language version.
...from an article by Marsh Maslin in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin of November 22, 1941: 'Do you know why those swift little army cars are called 'jeeps'? It's Model G-P produced by that automobile manufacturer — and G-P easily becomes 'jeep'.'
.. Harold Crist, Ralph Turner, Frank McMillan, and Chet Hemphling. These four men had been instrumental in the creation of the jeep for American Bantam prior to WWII.
The Jeep Wrangler has [...] its ancestry back to its lowercase-"jeep" forefathers, [...] back to before America entered World War II, [...] that share its uncomplicated, irreplaceable DNA.
"I talked to many people, now deceased, including his private secretary, and all said emphatically that he pronounced it `Willis,' said Ron Szymanski, local Jeep historian. "I can attest to the fact that Willys' relatives all say `Willis.'"
.., because they [the U.S. Army] gave me a nickname. From the words 'General Purpose', they took the 'G' and the 'P'. They called me "Jeep" !
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