Navy Jeeps, Korea, “The Bridges at Toko-Ri”

October 24th, 2009 | by admin |


Clips from the 1955 movie with William Holden and Grace Kelly, filmed on the aircraft carrier CV34, U.S.S. Oriskany, flying F9F Panther jets. The jeeps were modified CJ2A/CJ3A’s that ran an APU (auxiliary power unit) off of the jeep’s PTO to start the jets. They were refitted to operate like forklifts to steer on the tight area of the flightdeck.

Duration : 0:0:32


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  1. 2 Responses to “Navy Jeeps, Korea, “The Bridges at Toko-Ri””

  2. By drott5 on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply

    Made a mistake in …
    Made a mistake in my comment. The lawyer turned pilot’s name is Brubaker. Duh. I should know have known better, considering I’ve seen the movie about a dozen times over the years. My bad. Thanks.

  3. By drott5 on Oct 24, 2009 | Reply

    “The Bridges At …
    “The Bridges At Toko Ri”. One of the greatest Carrier movies ever made, and ironically you captured with this video what I consider one of the best parts of the movie when “Beer Barrel” is bringing in the CAG (commander- air group) and Lee, a civilian-side lawyer putting forth the guts it takes to be a Navy pilot.

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