war diary
 

I'd love to see a copy of the diary...have been trying to research these guys for years...Mike tankreintjes@rogers.com

I marked mine as 83rd. Jesse.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...g/100_2345.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV-zs...&feature=feedf At 9:50

The following pictures are from a Facebook posting. Alex Strehl from Stockholm, Sweden is restoring a CDLV-242 Jeep. He discovered the following markings under the paint. It was marked for 23rd Fld Regt, Signals Section with a tactical marking of S6.

Last couple of pictures

Lastly the full War Diaries are available on line.

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...6433/9?r=0&s=1

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...6434/9?r=0&s=1

http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oo...6435/9?r=0&s=1

23rd Field Regiment
 

What a spectacular set of markings on that Jeep! NW Europe to Sweden is a long road to travel.

Here is hoping that the original markings are preserved and not blasted off, this car and its markings would be a great project to remove the outer layer(s) of red civilian paint and get down to the original service paint. It may look "shabby" to some but I would say it would make it WAY more interesting then a couple coats of pristine new applied 319.

23rd Field Regiment
 

I am with James on this as there is a growing movement now to save examples like these original 80 year-old markings rather than paint them over.

Ed, kind of a hard call where the needle rests between Preservation or Restoration for a vehicle owner. While taking the post war paint down to the original may be a huge undertaking (with no guarantee of success) I would HOPE the owner of this car at least preserves the markings on the jeep and paint around them.