Perhaps the greatest instrument of war to come out of the Second World War and forged into something still in use today is arguably-the 1/4-ton reconnaissance car or jeep. The jeep during WW2 was a new and speedy little vehicle designed to get in and go where motorcycles couldn't go. It was the baby of a little company called American Bantam Car Company and the U. S. Army's Infantry Branch.

Grandpa's War Pony

was originally written for the author's grandchildren and is now being shared with children everywhere.