Foud this interesting, you can read it here : www.myphilippinelife.com/the-jeepney-and-the-Marsden-mat Or at here, for its history available in the wiki .. See how important it was there and why widely it been used, from Normandy to Papua New Guinea .. Being a simple(!) 3m/.38m perforated high manganese-steel plate, enable to construct a 1.5km of very reliable air strip, just within a period of 24 hrs. !!
Well, on your next visit to Manila or elswhere in the Philippines, dont forget to have a joy (test .... lol) ride the Jeepney, once what was widely used in the ETO, PTO; now it has been somehow modified, colored and widely used as public transport ~ The Willy jeeps, once lefted over here after the War, even became as a Filipino national symbol! https://theculturetrip.com/asia/phi...he-jeepney-became-a-filipino-national-symbol/ Happy journey ..
