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    • Gear Fanatic
      Hey look at that I was right for once! Glad you found an ID 👍
    • doyler
      here is my numbered knife from veteran of  5-2  one of two the vet brought home. Mine is numbered 386.    Met around 40 vets over the years of the FSSF. Have seen around 8-10 V42s in veterans' hands and some are numbered some are not.  I didnt bother to record the numbers at the time nor got photos as the camera phones didn't exist back then. One of the vets here had a V42 with another's name on the scabbard. When I inquired about that he stated when they returned from Norway, they were instructed to turn in their knives on ship and the knives were crated up. When they got state side and debarked from the ship the crate was opened and a knife was handed to them. I dont know if all of the men turned in their knives this was his recollection and he got another's knife when handed back out.   
    • General Colt
      March 1945 TM
    • General Colt
      Hi all,   Posted this over in the “Can you ID” forum but figured it might get some more traction here. I was gifted this bag from a friend.    From my brief research, the 10027A case was issued as part of a set for the TBX radio system, used by the USN/USMC. Upon finding out this was a Marine bag, I got it into my head that the yellow stencil might be a UNIS marking. 801 within a rectangle seems to indicate HQ 28th Marines.   I’m looking for any comparison examples of UNIS marked radio equipment (specifically 5th Div) to confirm this may be UNIS and not another marking. Thanks!   Colt     
    • robinb
      Well, I was wrong about one thing, I do have one. I found this in my garage today. Made in Taiwan plywood packboard.
    • blitz67
      You could easily piece together a OG-107 uniform, I think there is someone that also makes the white name tags. 
    • blitz67
      Looks like something for a helicopter like part of the SAR board as we called it in the Coast Guard
    • blitz67
    • Thompson93
      Boat pool baker was located near the mouth of the Bishi gawa. My GGrandfathwr was a CMOMM with boat pool baker . I have listened to an interview with a commander of boat pool baker that they were preparing for the invasion of Kyushu as part of operation Olympic. 
    • doyler
      its well-known and cited that "500" were marked but how is this verified? I have visited his page often and never saw a source to verify the 500 number. As we see here this is 516 unless its an error. Will see if I have a good photo of my numbered example 
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