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The Paperclips on the front bumper can also indicate use and ownership by the USMC or Seabees while on active duty. Paperclips were used to crane lift them onto ships from what I've been told.
That truck has 'paperclips' on the front. That would explain why you have parts of the deep water fording kit installed. My 36 came that way. The air was supposed to pressurize the clutch housing, transmission, transfer case and the axles with enough air to keep water out of those parts.
USMC got rid of all the Deuces after the Vietnam experience and went strictly with 5 ton's to simplify maintenance and supply operations. So, the M-36 did not stay in USMC hands very long before it was traded in to the Army for a 20 foot bed 5 ton. That is the story on my M-36 (which had the...
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