Howdy I have my fathers enlisted knife from marines pacific tour. Its only stamped Camillus and above that US .All other identities match up to a mark 2 I seriously doubt its from the 70s .any help were they ever marked this way .my dad was in 42/45 always referred himself as Korean vet . and what the best way to get hold of his military career and stationing .Some island in the pacific. and boot at San Diego .thank you
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Mark 2 korean era
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Technically there is no such thing as a Mark 2 type knife made under government contract from the Korean War era. All the knives that would have been issued at that time would have been stock left over from WW2 production which was canceled in August of 1945. There are documented examples of new old stock WW2 made Mark 2s being found in Government supplies at least as late as the 1970s.
After WW2 the next contract awarded for the Mark 2 or 1219C2 pattern knife would have been 1960, but this contract wasnt awarded to Camillus. Camillus got their next contract in 1962.
This is an image of how those Camillus knives were stamped from 1962 to early 1974.
The (U.S.) stamped on the knife reflect a change to the government specification that took place after WW2 and non of the WW2 made knives from any of the four manufactures has a (U.S.) stamped on them.
In February of 1974 Camillus dropped the (N.Y.) from the stamp on the knife and they started to look this way.
This marking with at least two variations in the style of font appear from 1974 until about 1989.
Camillus sold both of these marked knives both for government contract and sold commercially.
In 1989 Camillus made their last contract knives and changed the way they were stamped again.
After WW2 the next contract awarded for the Mark 2 or 1219C2 pattern knife would have been 1960, but this contract wasnt awarded to Camillus. Camillus got their next contract in 1962.
This is an image of how those Camillus knives were stamped from 1962 to early 1974.
The (U.S.) stamped on the knife reflect a change to the government specification that took place after WW2 and non of the WW2 made knives from any of the four manufactures has a (U.S.) stamped on them.
In February of 1974 Camillus dropped the (N.Y.) from the stamp on the knife and they started to look this way.
This marking with at least two variations in the style of font appear from 1974 until about 1989.
Camillus sold both of these marked knives both for government contract and sold commercially.
In 1989 Camillus made their last contract knives and changed the way they were stamped again.
As an effort to address your later question regarding research of an individual service man, I recommend you go to the forum, U.S. Militaria Forum. You can reach it from this link:
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/
Go to the sub forum, Individual and unit research. You can learn quite a bit from just lurking around, but Id encourage you to consider joining and take advantage of the help that many there can give you.
Good luck!
http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/
Go to the sub forum, Individual and unit research. You can learn quite a bit from just lurking around, but Id encourage you to consider joining and take advantage of the help that many there can give you.
Good luck!
Again good luck with your search, and don't get discouraged if you run into what first seem like some dead ends. Your Dad probably had his own story on how the knife came into his possession. A lot of veterans when they first leave the service have a tendency to want to move on from their time in service as they transition back into civilian life. He may of picked it up years later after he got more comfortable with his memories. It's a good knife. The kind that is issued to serviceman still.