Well I got it for $50.   I like mystery patches.

Thank you all, How can I see the difference between the ww2 and early 60's patch?

How did that sit there for so long. Nice score!!!  

Probably maked for practice, Blank Ammo.  Blue typically Blanks or Practice like grenades... 

The blue paint looks original.. and the inside has 3 painted/stenciled arrows instead of bullets …  the front corner is at 90 degrees not 45 degrees    I’ve seen many of 1917 ammo boxes , this one is a bit different Kinda cool box   

Heres one I just picked last week.

Awesome jeep for sure!!   I’ve got something else coming home tomorrow you might like 

Only known Navy ambulance Jeep?     You should have asked to see the other one I have.  My opinion on this is that it was originally a navy Seabee  Jeep late war or early post war and then passed to the marine corps as a hand me down and converted  in to an ambulance for Korea, Hence the usmc overpaint.  

Was the Marine whom served in  F/2/7 also a replacement or might he have been a Fox Company Chosin survivor? If you want a good read, The Last Stand of Fox Company provides a glimpse of what hell they went through. Second photo are all first-class reads... primarily dealing with the early months in Korea and the Chosin campaign. East of Chosin concerns the US Army's 31st RCT and subsequent tragedy which resulted. The Outpost War & The Final Crucible take it from after the Marines and Army were evacuated from Hungnam to the armistice...             

Here`s mine. I love A&E patches.