Quote Originally Posted by Dale Seago View Post
Ooh, speaking of heirlooms you just reminded me. . .My dad still has a ka-bar and a 1911 .45 he carried during WWII (he was on both Saipan and Iwo Jima). And I'm the only one of his 3 sons who went into the Corps, so maybe. . .I'm seeing him next month, maybe I can chat with him about it.
Saipan and Iwo Jima, good lord. I would buy that man many drinks. My grandpa brought home a Sten MK3 he picked up in the Ardennes. It's been unfortunately modified over the years by various relatives, but still functions pretty well. I've been trying to get it put into more of a respectful place, away from the dremel bearing hands of some.

Your father's items would be awesome. Few things (at least IMO) carry the weight of one warrior passing his tools to another. My own dad was a Marine in Vietnam, and made it through Khe Sanh and a couple other notables, but didn't really bring anything home with him. At the time he just wanted to come home and cast off a lot of the other things, only to really wish he hadn't done so years later. I built him a shadow box to help make up for it.

Maybe he'd be willing to forget that I later fell to the Dark Side and got an Army commission.
Oh I don't know. He might only let you see the pieces in question, but not touch them.

j/k.

Anyway, Semper Fi and thanks for your own service!!
Ooh Rah brother.