Yeah that is exactly what I thought!

Nice pair that were just sold together, US Merchant Marine and Naval Aviation Jolly Rogers VF-84.     

There doesn't appear to be a unit history specifically for Company B or the entire Battalion.  There are several rosters in print, but you already know what information those would provide.   However, there is a history from 1919 for Company C, and it has been digitized:   https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Book_of_Co_C_316th_Field_Signal_Batt.html?id=Tx4wAAAAYAAJ

1965 Personalized, Allen H. Bell, U.S. Coast Guard belt buckle Philippines, Aviation Electronics Technician, that recently sold on the 'bay. This one has a Two Thumbs Up rating!     

Gotta admire a guy who would choose fight for a country that treated him like that. Can’t say I would have done the same

Probably from the 1980's.      Mark sends

Wonderful pictures of your Mother. Thanks for posting them.   ...Kat

Your right.  The DAS (Defense Acceptance Stamp) came along just after the Korean War... late 1953ish.  On both the plastic handled M4 bayonets and the M5 bayonets. Production started about med 1954. The stamp was used on the M5A1 and  M6 bayonet, but not on all M6s have them.   The M7 never had one. Here's a not too great picture of the DAS on a Turner Manufacturing M4. It's an eagle with three stars. Marv

Three war heroes from the Gulf War era, 63rd.

The family still has the pictures but I’m excited that they shared them with me. You can see the 18th MP brigade SSI