Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient Samuel T. Hooks Jr. Crafters Fighting Knife Constructed From Imported Civil War Sword with Leather Sheath French & Indian War Note: Gold value during this

Note: Gold value during this time period was approximately $25 per ounce market value

being exhibited atop of a French Brass Covered Cuirass dated 1832 of the Carabiniere Regiment

and the color indicated service

General LeJeune ordered that the size and shape of the 2nd Infantry Division patch be changed to include a background color that represented the different divisional units

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Original U.S. WWII Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient Samuel T. Hooks Jr. Crafters Fighting Knife Constructed From Imported Civil War Sword with Leather Sheath French & Indian War Note: Gold value during thisOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This fantastic Knife Crafters fighting knife belonged to Lieutenant Samuel Troy Hooks Jr. who served with the 20th Air Force on the Marianas Islands and on the Japanese Mainland during World War II. Hooks was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on October 10th, 1945 for his work aboard the B 29 Flying Fortress. He was also awarded the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Pacific theater ribbon with several