USMC unit marked water can 44 Monarch

[tranham]

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Can anyone tell me what the 210 means? There is no pitting on the bottom of the can on the inside. How to recoat?

Thanks

Robert

[tipdog]

tranham:
There was a thread on recoating water cans some time ago - do a search.

For info on USMC markings, check the USN/USMC/USCG Jeep forum here on the G. Mark Tombelson (sp?) is the guy to ask - USMC radio jeeps.

[gerrykan]

The thread tipdog was referring to: viewtopic.php?t=13211&highlight=watercan+lining

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[gerrykan]

Robert,
Is the red G in one of your pictures just painted on the can, or is it stamped into the can?
If it is stamped in, then your water can was assembled with a gasoline can body, making it a little rarer than the average 1944 Monarch water can.

[gerrykan]

Here is one of Mark's posts regarding the Tac marks I snipped out of this thread about paint markings: viewtopic.php?f=37&t=193055

[Mark Tombleson]

Hi guys...



The outer marking is 5th Division.
http://m1pencil.wordpress.com/2010/02/0 ... -markings/

The innner 210 is...

200 series: Service Troops
-Service Battalion
It does not list the 10 specifically...

See here.
http://m1pencil.wordpress.com/2010/01/1 ... sion-unis/

[tranham]

Thanks for all the help gentlemen! Not my usual area of collecting for certain. I mostly was looking for a wwii era sanitary water can to drink from for WWII reenacting. The markings were just a bonus

The "g" is painted on it, FYI.

Robert

[The Fireman]

Robert,

From talking with numberous WW II and some Korea Marine vets, some cans were painted in the "X" portion with red or white. The red indicated gasoline, the white indicated water. I have a USMC mystery can that was stenciled gasoline in yellow above the "X" portion, water stenciled in white below the gasoline stencil and also has white painted in the "X" portion. I am sure the can was rinsed out well prior to filling with water, yeah right. This mystery can also has a 4 th Divy TAC marking on it, with the quarter circle and 200 within the quarter circle. It is displayed on my USMC ambulance jeep, even though my ambjeep was assigned to the 5 th Divy on Iwo.

There is a photo someplace that shows a tank crew per se on Iwo with the same 4 th Divy TAC marking and number within the TAC marking and I believe water stenciled on it in the foreground near the tank. There may have been more than one can in the photo. I believe the Tank had wood attached to the side of it and a name and number on the wood.

Frank