From: Claude W. Vaughn (vaughn@totalaccess.net)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 19:35:21 PDT
Dave,
Try to find a copy of MVPA's publication "Army Motors" issue 67 (Spring 1994).
There were several articles on the use of bar codes. The colors (and associated
numbers) were:
1 -- Buff
2 -- Olive Drab
3 -- Yellow, Bright
4 -- Green, Bright
5 -- Gray
6 -- Blue, Dark
7 -- Maroon
8 -- Red, Bright
9 -- White, Lead
0 -- Brown, Dark
The bar codes were applied to vehicles and baggage (both personal and unit) and
T/E Equipment.
What colors did you find?
Claude.
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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