Jeeps

In North West Europe for the Overlord landings of June 1944 a white five-pointed star was worn on all Allied vehicles. On trucks and the like, it was painted on the cab doors and on the bonnet or roof, the upward-facing mark being contained within a white circle. Tanks were similarly marked. The stars remained in use officially until the end of the war, though in practice they were often painted out, particularly on vehicle sides, as they offered too good a sighting mark for German gunners."

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A white five-pointed star will be the national symbol of all motor vehicles assigned to tactical units. Administrative motor vehicles operating in an active theatre of operations will be similarly marked when directed by the theatre commander. The size of the national symbol will be determined for each type of motor vehicle and will be large enough to take advantage of the surface upon which to be painted. Whenever requirements for camouflage outweigh the requirements for recognition, the national symbol may be covered by lustreless olive-drab gasoline solvent paint, camouflage nets, oil and dirt, etc. or will be removed. ...........According to Army Regulations 850-5 one point of the 15 inch hood star should be positioned 1.5 inches forward from the dash on the cowl and hood so that the star is visible with the windshield up or down. The 6 inch white star had to be painted on both sides of a jeep midway between the rear corner grabhandle and the top bow/hand rail swivel bracket."

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