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Army Transport Service, 1949-present - Authority for the previous flag was rescinded by a War Department circular on January 14, 1947. A new flag, brick red with the Transportation Corps device in golden yellow, was prescribed on April 5, 1949.
Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
image by Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
Army Transport Service, 1943-47 - After the Transportation Corps was established as a separate corps of the Army, a change to AR-260-10, published in 1943, replaced the Quartermaster Corps badge on the ATS flag with the badge of the Transportation Corps, in red.
Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
image by Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
Army Transport Service, 1923-1943 - as above, without the lettering. Prescribed in the 1923 Army Regulation on flags, AR 260-10.
Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
image by Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000
Army Transport Service, circa 1917 - 2:3, divided diagonally red, white, and blue, with the Army Quartermaster Corps badge on the center, the letters USA (for United States Army) above the badge and TS (for Transportation Service) below. This flag is shown in the 1917 National Geographic flags article [gmc17].
Joe McMillan, 10 December 2000