From: Dave (gpw1942@verizon.net)
Date: Sun Jun 06 2004 - 07:15:41 PDT
Not sure if this went through with the picture.
Hi Claude and all,
I believe the colors are, top to bottom,
Red, Maroon, Red, each color surrounded by a white border, on the
driver's side rear corner measuring 5" by 4"1/2 total. Un-attached is a
picture of what is left.
Also had/has 4" reg numbers on the hood "2013034?", a 24" star in a full
circle on the hood with orange (chem detection paint i am told) between
the star and the circle.
Over the script "Ford" there was a 12" white star, some light blue
paint, and a 6" red cross.
I would love to know where she was during the war.
You don't happen to have the article from 94, do you? Does anyone else
have a copy of the article?
Thanx.
Dj
Claude W. Vaughn wrote:
>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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