More on the 90th Military Convoy

The May 24th Quad-City Times of Davenport, Iowa, had and article titled "Q-C men to participate in convoy re-enactment."

Ninety years ago, a young Lt.-Col Dwight Eisenhower and a group of vehicles from the newly mechanized US Army made a cross-country drive on the Lincoln Highway from Washington, DC, to San Francisco to test the machines and to see the Army's ability to mobilize in case of an attack on the US West Coast.

Two military vehicle enthusiasts from Davenport, Bill Boots and Brad nelson, will be part of it. They are president and vice-president of the Quad-City Military Vehicle Preservation Association and are often seen around the area with the twenty other members in parades.

Boots will be driving his 1952 Jeep M38A1 from Rochelle, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on June 21st. He had been looking for an old jeep 45 years before finding this very rusted one in a barn. Nelson will make the entire journey from DC to SF, June 13th to July 26th in his M1028 shelter carrier heavy-duty truck.

THE NEW CONVOY

There have been 178 vehicle registrations, but, not all for the whole journey. At any given day, there will be between 60 and 100 vehicles.

Sure wish I could get a chance to see it, but I'll be out of town when the convoy passes through the Midwest.

Quite a Thing to See and History as Well. --RoadDog