Help identifying undated "what-a-knife"

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I have a what I believe is an old pocket knife that could have been one of my grandfathers' knives. One served as infantry in the Korean war and the other was a merchant marine in world war 2. I was hoping I could get some help understanding more about this knife so I have a little more to say than "check out this cool old knife" when I am asked about it. I spent some time searching around but was unable to find anything relevant.

It has one blade and a can opener hinged on one side and is stamped on the inside of the blade with:

Camillus
New York
U.S.A.

It is held together by three rivets with a divider between the blade and the can opener. One one side of the knife it is stamped "What-A-Knife"

There are no other distinguishing markings on the knife. Below are a couple of pictures I have taken of each side. Thanks in advance and let me know how else I can help.

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https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzwzHN24jDZhZGRiM2Y5YTUtZTNkNC00ZjVjLTk3ZTMtODZkYTM2NjMzNDU4&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0BzwzHN24jDZhMzg1MGE1NWQtYjc3Ny00ZWY5LWJhNzQtYTQ1YWJiNjE1ZmM0&hl=en
 
Not sure of the exact date but it is around the year 2000. Camillus made these knives as a promotion for "what a saw". I believe the originals had a clevis on the end and the ones with no clevis was a clean up of left over parts. Sorry, doesn't date back as far as you might of hoped.
 
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