Bumper number questions

[ONTOS66]

Seems that it is my turn to be stumped by a couple of bumper numbers on my new toys.

The pioneer trailer is marked: 77C(?) (could be a 2nd letter or just rust) and 306E (306th Engineers I would assume). The person I bought it form got it from DRMO (yes that long ago) in New Jersey. However, some soldier wrote on the front "The Amityville Horrors" - so, a NJ unit where the soldier was impressed by the Amityville movie (or if he could read, the book) or a unit in NY?

Then for additional points: My M1028 was delivered from Michigan. Passenger side markings read: 123CR (no clue), 428 BDE (428th Brigade). Driver side is HQ 66. Since it was a radio teletype unit it would have been with the Brigade Headquarters. I tried several combinations with the numbers and can't find any such organization.

Just to make it interesting, inside the shelter I found an "exchange tag" dated 10 Dec 91, for a PU-724 inverter (all radios removed unfortunately). It was from C Co, 801st Maint. which is now 801st Forward Support Battalion with the 101st Airborne. The organization that the shelter was assigned to was HHC 4/101 Aviation Regiment. Also with the 101st Airborne.

Scratch your head over that one. I did ...

 

[J2H]

Looks like there was a 4 next to the C

 

[whistlingdeuce]

I think that should be an R at the end making it 77cr. I think that is for Command Reserve. At least that is what I was told about my truck. But i have been wrong before.

 

[emmado22]

Often, the shelters are turned into Tobyhanna for rebuild, then re issused. Entirely possible that the shelter was with the 101st, then turned in to Toby, then reissued to NJNG.. Just a possibility.