Interesting story. Saw a generic Naval Officer's insignia buckle up on the 'bay. Seller had it described as "Vanguard". We all know Vanguard has supplied military insignia and uniform items for decades. I sent a note to see if there were any markings on the back. Picture came back with no markings and just as I had thought, a generic P.I. made buckle. I nicely provided information, that I collect these types of buckles and that the buckle wasn't produced by Vanguard, but was made in the Philippines. She sent me back a big thank you, told me it was her husbands and pulled the buckle from the site. Additionally, said she is holding onto it and will pass it onto their grandson when he gets old enough to appreciate the sentimental value. I asked to be provided her husband's name, as I will catalog it with the other buckle images I have collected of the years.  He is identified as: Lloyd Ray Harvey   I did a quick internet search of this Navy vet. Holy COW!! You never know the full story until you blow off the dust. Here is the information from his obituary. As a young aviator, this guy truly lived at Mach speed.    Lloyd Ray Harvey was born in 1941 in Buckner, MO and died in Punta Gorda, FL at the age of 79. He graduated from Fort Osage HS and joined the Navy in 1959. He attended the University of Hawaii while he was stationed there before attending flight school and becoming a naval aviator. He served three tours in Vietnam as a fighter pilot off the USS Intrepid, USS Forrestal and the USS Oriskany flying over 200 missions including 87 bombing missions for Operation Thunder. He received numerous medals including three Purple Hearts, Navy Commendation Medal and National Defense Medal. After Viet Nam, he was an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego. He left the Navy as a Lieutenant in 1971. After his military service, he founded Corvette Care in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Columbus State University. He loved people, flying, corvettes, auto racing, bluegrass and country music and learning about literally everything. He lived every day by his creed of Duty, Honor, Country. He leaves a grieving wife, brother, sister, daughter, son, two grandsons, blended family members and a multitude of friends. He will reunite with a beloved brother on the other side. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken . .”      

Guess there are no other pictures of the uniform?  It’s not USN ( in this configuration). Several other countries who wear US supplied/style , uniforms, wear US “Style” rating badges, normally with the eagle replaced with some “National” insignia. 

Its been a while since, I joined SAR based on some of the information that folks on this forum helped me with,   I got the 250 T-Shirt,  251 for the Army today,  Happy Birthday 

Hi Daniel. Is this item for sale? Thanks Mark.

Awesome pistol and research. Thank you for posting.

Isn't there a photo of a WWII era patche being worn?   -Ski

Sorry, I don't want to be that guy, but I don't have a warm fuzzy on these.  It sorta reminds me of those Czech patches that came out on E-Bay years ago......   There is just something with these, either the narrow borders, the embroidery pattern on the axe,  basting material layer......I dunno.  The edge cut looks like a melted edge. The axe handle is the same color as the initials, which tells me that they were not added to an existing patch but were part of it's manufacture.  I don't know of any other 70th patch with colored handles.  Also, when do you see a whole stack of unicorn patches pop up?     Of course, I could be COMPLETELY wrong, but there you go..... I would inspect these very closely.  I don't think they were necessarily made to deceive, but perhaps for a veteran who's initials are A. L.   -Ski

Picked up this bayonet the other day from and old cottage/barn clean out.  It appears to have been together forever and it took a day of kroil to get the screw out of the grips however they are still really stuck to the handle. Tried prying them gently with no luck so far as I don’t want to break them.  The grips are dark brown with black specks and I cannot make out a square which is more common. However, I’ve seen a few 42 WTs like this, even here on the forum. I personally believe they are original.  The WT also faces towards the blade on the guard which is unusual but I have seen it before on the 42 blades.  Other than a little browning on the pommel and some old black paint the bayonet is in good shape. Comments are welcome. Regards 

This base was in Maine and closed in 1994.

NIce, thanks!