Original U.S. WWII Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 Collection Category_Receiver Most of the wear is

Most of the wear is around the grip area

Austria where they met intense anti-aircraft fire and hordes of German fighters

This was intended to create such a terrible would that because of it's shape torn open very easily condemning the poor recipient to a very painful and long recovery

The former was for officers and the latter for troops

Original U.S. WWII Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 Collection Category_Receiver Most of the wear isOriginal Items: One of a kind set. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16 participated in the Aleutian campaign from August 1943 to May 1944. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea; Mindoro, P. I.; and Brunei Bay, Borneo. It also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, and San Pedro Bay, P. I., but had no action from these bases. As part of Task Unit 70. 1. 4, Squadron 16 was awarded the Navy Unit