From: Dave (gpw1942@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 04:54:56 PDT
HA, ha, ha
Good one Bruce.
No the bar codes painted on the side of vehicles. (MV content)
Dj
Bruce Beattie wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> I believe that it was just a matter of having good manners. No loud
> shouting, brawls,
> indecent language, etc.
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
> Dave wrote:
>
>> Hi Lance,
>> I would like to know more about the invasion stars since I found one
>> on the hood of my 42 GPW. Do you know anything about the use of BAR
>> codes during WWII?
>> Dj
>>
>> bolton8@juno.com wrote:
>>
>>> I think the Invasion star was used in the invasion of Italy as well,
>>> that would explain it. NIGE
>>>
>>> I read a short article on this sometime ago. Unfortunately I
>>> cannot
>>> find the article at the moment, so it will be from memory.
>>>
>>> Towards the end of the North African Campaign when the U.S. Air
>>> Corps
>>> had taken over the skies there was a serious problem with British and
>>> Canadian armor being shot up by over enthusiast American pilots. The
>>> American's didn't take the time to correctly identify their target,
>>> they
>>> went by the rule of thumb: "Either it's got a white star or it
>>> doesn't".
>>>
>>> It was one of the Canadian Armor Regiment's that came up with
>>> the idea
>>> of putting the Yank white star inside the British roundel. This was
>>> first used in North Africa by this one Canadian unit. (My missing
>>> article gives the exact unit which started this.)
>>>
>>> The practice spread through other Canadian Regiment's and was first
>>> used
>>> during the invasion of Sicily (10 July 1943). The concept proved so
>>> successful that before the invasion of Italy it was standardized
>>> throughout the Allied Forces.
>>>
>>> LANCE
>>>
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