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There was also an episode where Hawkeye X-rayed a box that Radar was mailing home and it contained Jeep parts. Apparently Radar was sending a Jeep home to the farm one piece at a time.

 

Supposedly this came off McConnell Air Force base in Wichita KS.

I had to go to Wichita from Wisconsin to pick it up about 20 yrs ago.

 

Yup, that and they also knew the cost to get those vehicles home would far outweigh them just being dumped into the drink. Happened with a ton of surplus after the war both on land and sea. Lots of stuff was regrettably buried that we would kill for now.

 

58 chevy sedan delivery

 

Don't forget the episode where Klinger was eating a Jeep one piece at a time.