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In 21 September 2007, Mmoyer wrote: "The first Oakland group, ca. 1956, before Sonny was involved, had the name "Green Tanks" as the lower rocker jacket patch. Green Tanks is a section of Oakland. It's been a month and I did a fair amount of searching for anything even close to supporting this and could find nothing, so I removed it per WP:V."

There is a part of East Oakland California that was, at least in the fifties, referred to as "Green Tanks". In a web document - http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR87-09.pdf - dated 27 October 1987, regarding a plane crash, is this statement: "At 0957:33 the Piper reported that it was “over the green tank, turning downwind. ” The “green tank” referred to a large natural gas storage tank that was used as a visual reporting point for OAK north field operations." So while one might not be able to find a "Green Tanks" reference on the web, this document from the NTSB should suffice to authenticate that section of East Oakland. The "Green Tanks" citation for the Hell's Angels group, which preceded the Oakland Hell's Angels is accurate and should be restored to the site. To be sure, the Green tanks group was short lived, but nevertheless it did exist. 7th&market (talk) 20:58, 25 September 2011 (UTC)7th&market