The original "jeep" was created in the 1940s, when the U.S. Army realized it didn't have a modern car that could run on farmland, through mud, and across streams. This is the story of how people came together to create a new car that could carry soldiers and supplies just about anywhere, but was small and light so it could be packed up and sent halfway around the world. Today, the original "jeep" has turned into a whole series of "Jeeps," big and small.