Quote Originally Posted by Dale Seago View Post
My dad still has a ka-bar and a 1911 .45 he carried during WWII (he was on both Saipan and Iwo Jima).
I have my father's Ka-Bar that accompanied him through Okinawa. Although he spent the bulk of his career (the part from 1942-1975) in the Corps of Engineers, the 1938-1942 part was in the Cavalry, before they got those sissy Jeeps. NOBODY ever forgot that The Major was from the Cavalry. Not more than once, anyway.

His sabre survived as a more-than-usually-functional part of his Masonic regalia (York rite) until a fire wiped out the hall in the late '50s. About 40 years later I bought him a replacement sabre, like his old one intended to be used rather than worn as jewelry. After nearly cutting my ceiling fan out of the living room ceiling, and giving way to some "unmanly" tears while thanking me, he put it on proud display in his home where he could reach it at need. It's now resting in my home, next to the Ka-Bar.