Right now my friend Jeff stated and is recommending the following:
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I see your guy has been looking around on the interweb already... He got some good info on G503.
This will help explain the markings further:
http://www.lonesentry.com/panzer/jeep-markings.html
HOWEVER......
What we need to know is what unit/army/command did the 41st fall under while in Liberia......
From left to right, the markings would probably look something like this: ?? - 41E B - 1 It is possible that there may have been nothing before the 41E, or There may have been an X. But more than likely they were part of a larger force while there, and the abbreviation for that force would be the first part of the marking.
From this web page: http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/civilaffairs/chapter7.htm We see that there was a U.S. Army Forces in Central Africa (USAFCA) and also "U.S. Army Forces in Liberia retained its name"...... USAFL? or some version of that? Anybody's guess as to how they abbreviated that for vehicle markings, if they even did....
I think until something is found in photographic or written evidence, going with 41E B - 1 might be the safest plan. Maybe even offset the 41E on the front bumper so that there is room to add to the left of it for a higher unit if one is ever found.
And I concur. I think the safest bet at the moment is to leave enough room before the 41 E B-1, so that if one of us discovers that the 41st fell under the jurisdiction of and army/corps, there would be enough room to add that information to the front bumper.
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