Original U.S. WWII US Marine Corps Pilot DFC Recipient Captain James H. Phillips Kabar Style Theater Made Fighting Knife With Scabbard - Marked “BOUGAINVILLE FEB ‘44” British Machine Guns Notable Members of the 21st

Notable Members of the 21st Connecticut:

These are the "sacred treasures" from which the award takes its name: the "Yata" mirror

which is marked faintly on the ricasso

The company was formed in 1947 and operated until 1963

Original U.S. WWII US Marine Corps Pilot DFC Recipient Captain James H. Phillips Kabar Style Theater Made Fighting Knife With Scabbard - Marked “BOUGAINVILLE FEB ‘44” British Machine Guns Notable Members of the 21stOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. This is a fantastic piece of WWII US Marine Corps pilot history! It is named to a USMC Captain James H. Phillips, who we believe to be a Pilot who was awarded multiple Air Medals as well as the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Though this may not be him, the use of the aircraft type plexiglass and the ability to be able to utilize a machine shop on a ship