Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath Spanish Military Equipment Stoneking was the gunner

Stoneking was the gunner

Austria (35 ½” x 28”): The map was printed by the US Army in Washington DC

Seven minutes past midnight on the Juno and Sword beaches

though it is hard to read:

The 6 1/2 inch spear point blade is in very good

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath Spanish Military Equipment Stoneking was the gunnerOriginal 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