[Terry L Smith]

dear fella,

Thanks.

Saw the movie in the theater when it first showed.

The scene with Claude Akins and the combat instructor is a hoot.

I suggest you read about the history of the knife that was made for them, and them only, by Case, the model V-42. Nice little tool.

[mcshot]

Got to know a “devil’s brigade” member from town. He showed me all his training pictures and let me borrow the unit book. I was able to purchase his Case V42 replacement a Kabar Mark 2 that was stolen after he was wounded at Anzio. Also bought his Ulster folder through a second party. For history he was to submit a 500 word piece and he was working on it. He died before he got it finished but I did find the book by chance in a neighboring town. It likely belonged to a Lt. in the unit. The by chance is I found it at a Goodwill in the town the Lt. lived in so I assume it was part of his estate.