US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
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US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
View of beach, one of the Allied objectives on the coast of France, showing masses of men and equipment being landed from various landing craft lying off-shore during World War II invasion of France.
Location: France
Date taken: June 09, 1944
Cheers
Location: France
Date taken: June 09, 1944
Cheers
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MEP CE-016-AC Hol-Gar Mfg.
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
The original fording preparation stickers are nice, but obstruct the driver's view. Jack O'Bannion still sells authentic stickers that were copied from an original a D-Day Veteran and relative brought home from WWII.
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
Joel,
Where do you get the stickers?
Where do you get the stickers?
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
Jack O Banion has been selling them for years, his are printed both sides, are exact copies from the original, color printed, front and back and have 48 Star Flag.
His ad appears in the classifieds of Supply Line a couple times a year. He may belong to the MVPA.
Jack O'Bannion
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His ad appears in the classifieds of Supply Line a couple times a year. He may belong to the MVPA.
Jack O'Bannion
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
A Vet told me in Normandy, the first thing, which was taken off by the guys then, was that sticker..
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
Here's a picture of an original sticker:
And one of the most famous fording sticker photo out there:
It's understandable if the drivers tore it away as soon as they had landed. And the sticker was made of paper, so it probably didn't take at lot of effort either.
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And one of the most famous fording sticker photo out there:
It's understandable if the drivers tore it away as soon as they had landed. And the sticker was made of paper, so it probably didn't take at lot of effort either.
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And they were shellacked on, there was no stickum. I had one on my Closed Cab CCKW, it obstructed vision, especially in a parade. They were made to serve a purpose, and a lot of non mechanics were put on detail prepping trucks and tanks for "D-Day".
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Just a reminder, about the stickers from Rick O'Bannion these are authentic and individually numbered.
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
Not as authentic or exact as the ones made from original by Mr. O'Bannion.
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Re: US D-Day Windshield flag marking??
Don't want to go off on a tangent but . . . .
What is that tube running up alongside the windscreen next to the MP?
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What is that tube running up alongside the windscreen next to the MP?
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If it were on the flex pipe on the passenger side, it would be the Distributor vent tube. The Distributor vent issupposed to be on the Air Intake flex pipe.
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There are slight differences in the printing.
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