From: Jess Minton (pd.minton@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sun May 21 2006 - 20:26:01 PDT
Kees,
I know the reason for the broken circle is basically because of
the paint mask.. the breaks in the circles were where the paper
connected to the part that made the star.. since paint masks were
rarely used in the field.. whoever got stuck painting the trucks just
filled in the circles... I know in the Pacific theater Jeeps usually
had no markings other then unit bumper markings and hood numbers or
if they had stars there would be no circles since this was a Europe
theater thing.. I do know that towards the end of the war and in the
early days of peacetime trucks got a lot more white paint, bigger
stars and even white bumpers since attack from the air wasn't really
a threat as much as getting into an accident was...
Jess Minton
Arlington, Tx
42 GPW
At 05:59 AM 5/20/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This is my first post on this mailing list. My name is Kees and I own
>a CCKW. I am writing an article for a small magazine about it and I
>have a question about the markings on it that I haven't been able to
>find an answer for.
>
>My truck was made in 1945 but the person who restored it put a white
>star on it without a circle around it. But I was told that just
>before D-Day the allies put circles around the stars on their
>vehicles and black and white stripes on the planes to tell them apart
>from possible imposters from the enemy. I also have seen white stars
>with broken circles around them on vehicles.
>
>Can anyone shed some light on the history of the white star on the
>vehicles during Wold War II? Did the circle appear mid 44 and was
>removed again later perhaps? Many thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>Kees Stravers
>http://vrza.dse.nl/wc52/
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