From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Mon Sep 01 2003 - 09:25:35 PDT
Air Recognition.....field commanders could look down and pick up combat
trucks......not cargo....
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gavin Broad" <invest@portsmouth-mann.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 5:43 AM
Subject: [MV] Yellow-nosed trucks in Vietnam.
> Hi List,
>
> In case this helps, I read somewhere earlier this year that these trucks
> were all from the same command and it was something to do with General
> Scrambled Eggs, or whomever, being able to spot "his own" trucks from
> the air, thus, he ordered this paintwork done.
>
> I don't claim to know whys and wherefors, as it is just what I read.
>
> In the unlikely event that I remember where I saw this, I'll post it.
> It was somewhere in my not-inconsiderable collection, written in an
> autobiographical context and, as such, was not merely Joe Blow's
> opinion.
>
> Can't remember anything else, so I hope that this may jog someone else's
> memory and maybe they can give you more info.
>
> Good luck and do post and let us know if you get the definitive as there
> were about 5 yellow-nosed REOs at Belters the other week.
>
>
> Cheers
> Gavin
>
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