<< There is a good color photo of a M-151-A1 of the 101 Airborne with yellow
headlights on page 6 of the book "The Jeep Part 1, Farewell M151 "MUTT"."
One possibility I see could be US Military Jeep, for the use of US forces
in France in the days before France left Nato, under General De Gaulle
(about 1962 ?); the US Army would have fitted yellow headlights to its
vehicles in France to comply with the local traffic laws, and would have
used sealed beams because that's what they were used to.
Any better idea ?>>
Well, Gang, it's a nice theory..... but not one that I will go with !!! The
Mutt shown in Yasuo's book, "Farewell M151", is an M151A1. As this model did
not appear until after the Yanks had been asked to leave La Belle France, it
is not likely that this particular Mutt had been fitted with French-compliant
headlights.
Maybe that truck (101AB) and its unit were destined for somewhere with
heavy, regular, choking fogs......... like here in UK !!!!
Kind regards...
Ken
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