just recieved note that Jacques Littlefield has died of cancer,
such a loss
Dennis

sad day...

dave swann

My deepest sympathies to his family .

My condolences to his family and friends.

Chris.

a very sad day . I saw the movie about his restaurations a couple of days again never thought that he would go so fast .I hope not all his Projects dying with him and i hope Heaven will have a little place he could join his passion .



My condolences for his Family







Detlev



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Mr Littlefield was always abundantly unselfish in his assistance to our Museum's restorations efforts. I have always found him to be kind, modest and unassuming. His contribution to the preservation of rare vehicles when there was increasing pressure to destroy them came at a critical time.

While blessed with a facinating life, he was only 57 or 58 and had been struggling with this cancer for a number of years now.
May God rest his soul and be with his family.
He will be most sorely missed.

Mark DeBacker, amateur armorer
West Coast Armor and Artillery Museum

...as you hit the nail on the head. My deepest condolences to Jacques' family.

RIP Jacques and thank you for everything!!

Chris "toadman" Hughes
http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com

Thank you for all you've done for our country and fellow armor enthusiasts around the world!

RIP!

He will be very much so rememembered.I wonder what will happen with his assests?. RIP Mr. Littlefield.

I had the opportunity to visit his collection on various occasions, but never really met the man until my last trip there back in 2007. He looked so healthy then, joking and telling stories about the tanks in his collection to the tour group. Wrote to him various times via e-mail asking for permission and he was very friendly.

Rest In Peace Mr. Littlefield, may your wonderful collection of mighty war machines serve as a reminder of mankind's follies to all future generations!

A great man.
Rest in peace............

Very sad news, sincere condolences to his family and friends, a true 'giant' but most of all a 'gentleman'.

Respect Phil.

Very sad news.

May his family find peace in his loss and hopefully his collection will live on in some way.

More: http://jacqueslittlefield.com/

I saw this over on Armorama. Condolences to his family and friends.



Jacques Mequet Littlefield, Tank Scholar and Collector Jacques Mequet Littlefield, who assembled one of the largest private collections of military vehicles in the world and championed open space in the mid-Peninsula, has died in Portola Valley, California. He was 59 years old and had battled cancer for the past decade. Jacques fascination with armored vehicles began in his childhood when he started building plastic models of tanks. While in college, he built his first scale model, radio-controlled tank. He acquired his first full-sized vehicle in 1975. In 1998 Jacques set up the Military Vehicle Technology Foundation to manage his collection of over one hundred fifty vehicles and restore new additions. The collection ranges from a World War II era U.S. Army M3A1 wheeled scout car, the first acquisition, to a Soviet-era mobile Scud Missile launcher, and includes such famous tanks as the U.S. Sherman and Patton class; U.K. Centurion, Conqueror and Chieftain; German WWII vehicles including a Panther; and Soviet-era Russian tanks. The complete inventory is available at www.milvehtechfound.com. Jacques was considered a scholar and expert on the history of armored warfare and the foundation helps serve the interests of authors, historians, educators, the defense industry, veterans groups, model makers and the entertainment industry. The collection is housed at Pony Tracks Ranch in the hills above Portola Valley, which the family acquired in the mid-1970s. Pony Tracks was the country estate of former San Francisco mayor and California governor James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Jr. Over the years, Jacques restored many of the old buildings on the ranch, such as the stables, and acquired additional property helping to maintain open space in the hills above Portola Valley. Jacques was the son of the late Edmund Wattis Littlefield and Jeannik Mequet Littlefield. He was born November 21, 1949 in San Francisco, California. His father was CEO of Utah International and served on many corporate boards during his career. He is survived by his mother, a strong supporter of the arts and a member of the Chairmans Council of the San Francisco Opera; his brother, Edmund Littlefield, Jr.; and sister, Denise Littlefield Sobel. Jacques also is survived by his wife, Sandy Montenegro Littlefield, and five children: David, Scott, Allison, Jacques Jr. and Jeannik, and one grandson, Kingsley. Jacques grew up in Burlingame and attended Cate School in Carpinteria, California before studying at Stanford University where he received his Bachelors degree in 1971 and an MBA two years later. He worked for Hewlett Packard as a manufacturing engineer before focusing solely on building his museum and restoration facility. Jacques served on the boards of the George S. Patton Museum in Fort Knox, Kentucky, the Cate School, the Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, the Hoover Institution, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Filoli Center. He was a member of the Bohemian Club and Captain of the Sempervirens camp. A viewing will be held at Roller Hapgood & Tinney Funeral Directors, 980 Middlefield Rd in Palo Alto, on Saturday, January 10, 3:00 to 6:00, and a public memorial service for Jacques will be scheduled for the near future. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to one of the organizations Jacques supported: The Patton Museum, Cate School, the Coyote Point Museum for Environmental Education, the California Academy of Sciences, the Hoover Institution or the Filoli Center.

a sad day indeed !!!! my condolences to the Littlefield Family. !!!! i really hope th Foundation can continue & keep his collection in tact !!!!