Today’s snag at a local show. Seller had it marked down because it wasn’t dated. I knew it to be a ‘62-early ‘67 5” Camillus. I am thinking earlier in that range because it still has the eyelets at the top of the sheath like the earlier 6” Camillus made from ‘57-‘62. Named to what appears to be ADCS (Aviation Machinist Mate Senior Chief) C.W. Benton, this knife likely lived its life on the hanger deck of an Aircraft Carrier. That would explain the minimal wear to the blade. I haven’t been able to find anything out about him yet. Opinions and observations always welcome. 

Afghanistan circa 2009. Unauthorized combat patch that originated from an ODA back in the early 2000s.  

. From my Shoebox Collection.    My 1942 example of a Tank, Watering, M-1940, a double skin construction for holding water, a course canvas outer with a tightly woven thin cotton liner, Galvanised four part circular tubing with galvanised legs and flat circular feet.          Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 21 March  2O26.   …  

Nice!

It is identified in National Geographic Society's Insignia and Decorations revised edition of December 1, 1944, as the War Department civilian award for overseas service in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater. There are also ribbons for overseas service in the American Theater and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. There are no medals that go with these ribbons. They are ribbon only awards.

Here's it rotated. 

I tend to lump CIC/MI together, as did Pate.  (see bottom of table on p. 169).  There were 3,450 2-inch Commandos.  Of those, 3,000 were shipped to the San Francisco Port of Embarkation, which handled all war materiel going to the Pacific Theater.  These were MI/CI guns.  CIC got a shipment of 400 directly and about 50 went to domestic LEOs.  Although the OSS got quite a few 4-inch Commandos, they only got one with a 2-inch barrel.

Weaver K - 344  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_for_Merit

. Well two of us spent the day working on a Jeep,   no not working on our Jeeps , working on a wooden frame for the ladies to cover in knitting and crochet for the longest yarn display, I think we cracked the back of it and will be assembling it in situ in the church.   As I said previously the ladies are working from photographs and such, the one even bought a plastic model of a Jeep to work from, we need to do some modification to the shape of the grill to the sides of the headlights.     Front bumper The longest Yarn ( TLY    *   1944 )                       Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 21 March  2O26.   …