that is one swell rifle !   all the markings with a style of yesterday   A 1 rifle  !!!!!   semper fi

Yes it is Matt.

Are there any photos of soldiers wearing it? Unit patch, etc.?

EGW did have a clip point blade, as you show.

Kinda looks like someone made a Palegw :D    A MKI  handle&pommel and an EGW blade

Very nice brother. Always dig the Rayon / Khaki mix and match. Real   Z

Thank you all for the input. Most of the rack numbers I've seen were stenciled on the butt. Like so many of these old pieces, we will most likely never know. This is the last of my collection and it's time for me to move it on to someone else. I'll let the next owner continue the work to find an answer that was started about 40 years ago. Again, many thanks. Dennis

I found a 1869 US Army survey map of Camp Mojave in a historical society collection. It took me forever to down load it. The map was very large and very detailed. The map calls this the ferry crossing, not Beal's crossing, I think they are one and the same, but the map also shows an unnamed path down to the Colorado in front of Camp. The map also shows a square footprint for the Camp. not a rectangle. It notes the few standing buildings and the sites for new buildings being planed. The Camp in 1869 looks nothing like the later photo's.

. Hi mikie,      NEVER heard of this series, as you say the story of John Steele in Ste Mere Eglise would have been where the idea came from, can't say I am interested enough to try and find it,  Some of those 1960's tv series were good for falling asleep to, the acting second or even third rate.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 25 May  2O26.   ..      

Forgot to include these...   First Arizona Infantry_23.pdf First Arizona Infantry_24.pdf