Butler, Pennsylvania, was the home to the Bantam corporation. In case that name sounds vaguely familiar, Bantam was the originator of what eventually became the template for WWII flatfenders, hence Butler’s claim as “the birthplace of the Jeep.” Although Bantam’s innovative submission to the U.S. military’s 1940 call for a highly mobile, go-anywhere ¼-ton all-purpose
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