March 28th 2014 mission accomplished! A six month restoration of an US NAVY Jeep as they served in the South Sea during WW2. Thank you to tahitipm@mail.pf for being my inspiration completing this task.

In WW2 the U.S. NAVY chose Bora Bora as a South Pacific military supply base, and an oil depot, airstrip, seaplane base, and defensive fortifications were constructed. Known as "Operation Bobcat", not to be mistaken with the Hollywood movie "Operation Pettycoat" it maintained a supply force of nine ships, 20,000 tons of equipment and nearly 7,000 men. Seven artillery guns were set up at strategic points around the island to protect it against potential military attack. However, the island saw no combat as the American presence on Bora Bora went uncontested over the course of the war. The base was officially closed on June 2, 1946 but a couple of Willys Jeeps that had served on the Island were left behind.