A close-up of the vertical stabilizer with the control cable pulley still in place.  A large white "5" is visible on the faded blue background.  The number "5" was part of the aircraft's originally assigned number, used while it was based at Newport, Arkansas.  This number, along with a second digit applied to the rudder, was subsequently painted over with a dark colored rectangle.  A slightly smaller "6" was then stenciled over the rectangle once the aircraft arrived in the Marshall Islands. 

Photograph:  Richard D. Williams