White was authorized for winter in Alaska, usually painted with a "temporary" paint, (during the summer went back to camo). The TB and Army Reg were supposed to be followed for painting, was it? in most case's it was "close enough for government work" as I said earlier all M1008 / M1009 were three color NATO patern from GM, thats the way they were issued to us, most of the straight forest green that are seen now are a result of the black and earth brown fading away and not geting touched up the forest green is the base color, other authorized colors are defined in the TB (straight sand is actually not authorized) any other colors are an "exception to policy" and are authorized by the commander.