Hello, I’m out of Oakland county, about an hour and a half away from Jackson.

I should clarify that the knife is stamped 2 - 71.  The sheath label reads April (probably 1971).

Thank you for this information and pictures , patches. This site has a wealth of knowledge. Thanks again

Welcome Brady, where are you from in Michigan, I am the Chairman of Michigan;s Military Heritage Museum in Jackson.     Scott

Hello, I figured i’d introduce myself to the forum, I’m Brady i’m 19 years old and i’m from Michigan. I’ve been collecting since I was around 12 years old. I mainly collect WW2 US named groupings and WW2 airborne. I joined the forum a little while back in September and have been loving it so far! Thank you. 

Another Cadre Liner, there were different styles worn then to learn more on the 101 of this period, just GOOGLE 101st Training Division usmilitaria forum, and a bunch of topics will show.     A Somewhat worse for wear liner of the 101st Training Division 42nd Tank Battalion, at this time the 42nd Tank Battalion is a Tank unit in name only, here it is a Cadre strength training unit with no tanks or combat mission,  

makes sense with the pacific ribbons and veterans info for the 503rd.

What is the function of the BB-sized balls in the sheath guard holes for the tiedown lacing?  It's difficult to see in my photo, but there's one in each hole.  This is from a 2-71 marked Camillus.  I apologize if this was addressed in an earlier post.

lol sorry about that, I thought it was finds 😅

Thanks. I have no intent on changing it out or modifying the uniform in any way. I'm just trying to follow my hunch that the oval is 503rd battalion colors instead of the 503rd regiment colors. If I prove it, cool. If not, also cool. Oval is staying right where it is. :)