Original U.S. WWII Scarce 5217th Reconnaissance Battalion “The Philippine Airborne” Theater-Made Uniform Patch Category_Flintlock Pistols - Rear sight base is

- Rear sight base is intact

and for many years hung on the wall of a V

and is a spectacular item

complete with a straight crossguard

Original U.S. WWII Scarce 5217th Reconnaissance Battalion “The Philippine Airborne” Theater-Made Uniform Patch Category_Flintlock Pistols - Rear sight base isOriginal Item. Only One Available. During April 1943, Lt. Col. Courtney Whitney made a tour of the First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments then training in the United States at Camp Beale and Camp Cooke, in California (now known as Beale AFB and Vandenburg AFB respectively). Whitney picked 700 men to be trained in Australia for secret missions behind Japanese lines in the Philippines. They were to become known as "Mission Men". The selected