Interest in a 2½-ton 4x4 truck with extremely high mobility climbed during the early days of the U.S. involvement in WWII. On Feb. 12, 1944 Major E.H. Holtzkemper, Chief, Transport Vehicle Section, Development Branch requested that Fargo’s Robert Biggers quote on such a vehicle.
The company responded with a quotation on March 28. On May 3, 1944 Ordnance and Chrysler entered into contract W-20-018-ORD-4734 for the design, development and
