DeSotoSky
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Hello and welcome to the Sunday Picture Show. Share your Buck knives with others by posting pictures of them here. New or old, plain or custom, user or safe queen, one or a collection, we love to see them all. This weekly tradition was started in 2010 by ItsTooEarly (Armand Hernandez) and Oregon (Steve Dunn). Help keep the tradition alive. Feel free to click that 'LIKE' but lets not let it replace discussing and complimenting each others knives. Above all, enjoy the show. DeSotoSky (Roger Yost)
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945)
Perhaps the bloodiest of all the Pacific battles, of the 20,000 Japanese troops on the Island, only 216 were taken captive. It is estimated another 3,000 hid in the tunnels refusing to surrender, many succumbing to their wounds or starvation. Approximately 7,000 U.S. soldiers were killed, mostly Marines and 20,000 were wounded..The Island was heavily fortified with bunkers and 11 miles of tunnels. The problem with Iwo Jima was the Japanese airfield which was near the flight path of our B-29 bombers heading to Japan. A horrible cost paid by both sides for 8 square miles of real estate. The photograph taken February 23rd is the most recognizable image of WWII. 3 of the 6 soldiers in the image did not survive. Iwo Jima reverted back to Japan in 1968. No permanent civilian residents, the airbase is manned.
The 446 Goliath was the largest knife in the BuckLite series. Over 9" in length open it sported a 4" long x 1.5" wide blade. New in the 1996 catalog it was last seen in 2000. My example dates to 1998. The triangular Buck Mountain logo seen on the sheath was used from about 1997 thru 2001.. Those years were primarily associated with the green & brown boxes. Compare the 446 Goliath with the 442 BuckLite and the 444 BuckLite-II in the 4th picture. It is a hand full.
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