Original Unissued U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg

Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg

copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters

could it be this one

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and on 17 September 1944 at 12:31 hours

Original Unissued U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Baker General Hospital in MartinsburgOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear