Original U.S. WWII Unissued Pre-1944 USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS with USN MK2 Scabbard Antique Guns Pershing's staff said

Pershing's staff said

along with the 5th Infantry Division SSI (Shoulder Sleeve Insignia)

he married Mary Hoyt Sherman (daughter of Charles Taylor Sherman

so this could have been used in a training scenario like that

With the flaming bomb proves this is definitely a WWII example

Original U.S. WWII Unissued Pre-1944 USN Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS with USN MK2 Scabbard Antique Guns Pershing's staff saidOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear