Greetings I found one here that I believe is genuine US Navy.. Could you please confirm and also.. could you please decipher the stenciling on the front? Seller said it was Damage control. Said it was Vietnam era.. Well, its got a Korean era pot and a late  60's liner so I suppose it could have been used at any era up into the 90's... I just really would like confirmation that its indeed a salty old Navy Pot and especially what station it was utilized in, on the ship.? Also I think its a put together as the liner has an outer rust line and I see no corresponding rust line inside the steel. Mainly interested in the steel. Thank you.

Yes, buff for QM.

I know it is not infallible, but have you hit the label with a black light?

There is one of those web M1 slings many say were never used.

. Hi Ron,   thanks for posting a photo of the ' Ol Sarge ' gun oil,  my memory had played tricks on me I was thinking it was an old Cavalry Sgt similar to the Bill Mauldin cavalry Sgt shooting the Jeep, I now see it was an old Marine Sgt.     Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 04   2O25.    ….

That USA mark is a great score. Very nice.

Your knife is a WWII Army general purpose pocket knife made by Kingston. It is a first version knife.  It is unusual in that it has USA marked on the blade.  The only Kingston knife that is marked like this, also has a clevis that is marked U.S.45 on one side, and KINGSTON on the other. Yours is unmarked.  Just one more variation that can be found.  The photo is of Cote du Poivere's blade. Marv

"Colt Canada " did not exist during the Vietnam war.   Diemaco, which also did not exist until 1974. It was bough by Colt in 2005 and renamed Colt Canada. It certainly did no produce the M16 during the Vietnam war thought it did later produce the C7 and C8 rifles under license from Colt.  SARCO produced the M60 during the war.  

It is good but should be in a leather sheath.

I didn’t think the tab went with the 101st anyways. It looked short but it was the only one he had. So what you’re saying is I need to buy another 101st SSI that is correct?