Actually It carried USA 505118 and not 17. 17 was its sister truck. My truck is now on the http://www.firetrucks-atwar.com/ website under the New Gallery 1. I also now have pictures of the truck back in 1943. Woo Hooo! If you guys ever need help hunting down info, these guys are a super great deal of help. They have lots of old records from the military fire trucks and pictures to.