03-15-2005, 10:39 AM
OD: THe Engrs. are responible for all army colors.! They have a tech manual that covers colors!
Yes our wool uniform was called OD. It was the comabt uniform in Europe in WW II. OD does mean Olive Deab. to add some confusion. Vehicles were paineted OD. So when the North African invasion started the vehicles were painted a sand color! Many GIs figured that was OD. Not so. Then when the Vehicles got used in other places you would see Both OD OG and Sand colors.
OD was some times reffered to as Offical Duty uniform.
The Free French also wore OD with thier stripes on it. Some had no stripes, Lucky GIs could pass off as French!
And so it goes.